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PGA wants saleyards surplus spent on other yards

August 13, 2008 12:06:00

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) has welcomed the progress being made on the new Muchea saleyards, but wants profits from the project spent on upgrading other saleyards.[MORE]

Tags: livestock, albany-6330, geraldton-6530, katanning-6317, midland-6056, muchea-6501

Tenders called for new Muchea saleyards

August 8, 2008 12:00:00

The Western Australian Government has called for tenders to construct the new Muchea livestock saleyards.[MORE]

Tags: beef-cattle, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

Police raid at Muchea

February 28, 2008 20:00:00

Police attached to Operation Jupiter, which is targeting organised crime and outlaw motorcycle gangs, have raided a property near Muchea, north of Perth.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, police, drug-offences, muchea-6501, perth-6000

Toodyay Shire seeks road upgrade before saleyard opens

January 10, 2008 11:36:00

The Shire of Toodyay says roads in the shire are in desperate need of an upgrade before the opening of the Muchea Livestock Saleyard.[MORE]

Tags: federal-government, local-government, livestock, road-transport, bunbury-6230, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

WA farmer calls for goat exporting facility

December 14, 2007 13:30:00

A Western Australian farmer says a dedicated goat export facility should be built in the state to take advantage of opportunities in Asia.[MORE]

Tags: goat-production, kalgoorlie-6430, muchea-6501

Bauxite Resources gets more Muchea exploration licences

December 10, 2007 11:09:00

Australian explorer Bauxite Resources has been granted two additional exploration licences at the company's Muchea project in mid-west Western Australia.[MORE]

Tags: company-news, mining, bauxite, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

Saleyard part sale to benefit farmers: PGA

November 15, 2007 10:12:00

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association says Western Australia's farmers will be the main beneficiaries of the part sale of the Midland livestock saleyard.[MORE]

Tags: rural, livestock, albany-6330, bunbury-6230, geraldton-6530, katanning-6317, mount-barker-6324, muchea-6501, walpole-6398

Liquid nitrogen leak after fatal crash at Muchea

August 24, 2007 15:45:00

Police have confirmed that a man and a woman, whose car collided with a semi trailer at Muchea north of Perth, have been killed.[MORE]

Tags: road-accidents, police, muchea-6501

Anxious parents receive text from missing son's phone

March 21, 2007 20:34:00

The parents of a 14-year-old boy who has been missing from the Muchea area in Western Australia for almost a week are pleading with the public to keep looking for him.[MORE]

Tags: police, muchea-6501

Saleyards pledge to boost Katanning plans

December 13, 2006 10:24:00

Wagin MLA Terry Waldron says the Western Australian Government's commitment to proceed with new livestock saleyards at Muchea is good news for the plans to build new saleyards in Katanning.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, agricultural-marketing, albany-6330, katanning-6317, muchea-6501

Muchea decision not stopping Northam saleyards push

December 12, 2006 10:49:00

The group behind building a saleyard facility in Northam says the Western Australian Government's decision to go ahead with the Muchea saleyards has not deterred it.[MORE]

Tags: agricultural-marketing, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501, northam-6401

Govt offers saleyard assurances

November 17, 2006 14:35:00

The Western Australian Government has given an assurance that if a proposed saleyard to be built in Muchea is abandoned, a major saleyard will be established somewhere else.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, agricultural-marketing, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

Four charged over ecstasy haul

August 7, 2006 19:24:00

Four people, including a man and a woman from Geraldton in Western Australia, have been charged after allegedly being found with more than 400 ecstasy tablets and $10,000.[MORE]

Tags: drugs-and-substance-abuse, police, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

Muchea without services after fire

August 4, 2006 12:00:00

A fire that burnt down the general store at Muchea, north of Perth, has left the community without many of its essential services.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-fires, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

Campaign against chicken-litter power station steps up

October 6, 2005 11:32:00

A community campaign against a planned chicken-litter fired power station at Muchea is set to reignite.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, recycling-and-waste-management, states-and-territories, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

EPA won't do formal saleyards assessment

October 4, 2005 12:19:00

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has decided not to formally assess plans for a new saleyards facility at Muchea.[MORE]

Tags: beef-cattle, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

Shire gets more time to consider power station submissions

April 26, 2005 10:27:00

Chittering Shire, north of Perth, has been given extra time to sort through hundreds of public submissions on a planned chicken litter-fired power station at Muchea.[MORE]

Tags: urban-development-and-planning, alternative-energy, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

MP calls for new highway overtaking lanes

April 18, 2005 10:03:00

The Member for Moore, Gary Snook, wants the Western Australian Government to fund new overtaking lanes on a wheatbelt section of the Brand Highway.[MORE]

Tags: transport, states-and-territories, cervantes-6511, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

Highway concerns spark call for more overtaking lanes

April 8, 2005 11:31:00

The Western Australian Farmers Federation is calling for more overtaking lanes on the Brand Highway, after reports from pastoralists who have seen many near misses on the route.[MORE]

Tags: transport, rural, cervantes-6511, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501

Group to stage Parliament power station protest

March 29, 2005 11:23:00

A lobby group against a planned chicken-litter fired power station in the Western Australian wheatbelt hopes a protest at Parliament House today will lead to meetings with state politicians.[MORE]

Tags: alternative-energy, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, geraldton-6530, muchea-6501