3/09/2008 | THE accommodation crisis in Esperance continues to grow, with Nationals candidate for Eyre, Suzie Williams, stating that there are now more homeless families than ever before looking for emergency accommodation in our town.
Ms Williams said there were a number of factors contributing to the homeless crisis, with high rental costs being a key factor.
“Rental costs have blown out in the region, and for people on Centrelink payments this simply makes it unrealistic to afford rentals,” she said.
3/09/2008 | ESPERANCE Police have acted quickly following a spree of break and enters over the weekend, arresting six people on Sunday afternoon in relation to the thefts that included items such as laptops, digital cameras, jewellery and a motor vehicle.
Esperance police Senior Sergeant Paul Humphries said his officers first became aware of the crime spree on Sunday morning following reports of several break-ins around the Pink Lake area, one of which involved a stolen vehicle.
3/09/2008 | ESPERANCE residents are rallying to support Jaimen Hudson, a young man who was left with severe spinal injuries after crashing his motorbike in the Wylie Bay sand dunes.
The Esperance Motorcycle Club has set up a bank account for Jaimen, who is currently in the Shenton Park Rehabilitation Centre.
3/09/2008 | A VARIETY of stolen goods, including electrical goods, clothing, wallets and mobile phones, was found when a stolen vehicle crashed into a power pole on Leake Street at 8pm on Thursday night, August 21.
3/09/2008 | THE ESPERANCE Men In Sheds project has the green light to go ahead, following confirmation the $96,000 in funding they applied for through the Federal Government’s Regional Partnerships program has been reinstated.
3/09/2008 | THE accommodation crisis in Esperance continues to grow, with Nationals candidate for Eyre, Suzie Williams, stating that there are now more homeless families than ever before looking for emergency accommodation in our town.
Ms Williams said there were a number of factors contributing to the homeless crisis, with high rental costs being a key factor.
“Rental costs have blown out in the region, and for people on Centrelink payments this simply makes it unrealistic to afford rentals,” she said.
21/08/2008 | WITH the 37th annual Esperance Music Festival starting this week, Esperance residents of all ages are practising piano, tuning their guitars and warming up their vocal chords to participate in the prestigious event.
21/08/2008 | WORKERS from various fields of community services in Esperance gathered at the Taylor Street Tearooms on Friday, August 8 to meet and discuss with each other their roles in the community.
The Interagency Breakfast for Community Services has been operating since the beginning of 2007 and is held every two months.
21/08/2008 | ESPERANCE company neal.IT is certainly carving a name for itself in the IT industry after winning two awards and now being named as a finalist in the prestigious 2008 Telstra West Australian Business Awards.
21/08/2008 | ADULT Learners Week is coming up at the Esperance Library, giving adults a chance to learn new skills through a variety of free workshops from September 1-8.
21/08/2008 | ESPERANCE Police Senior Sergeant Paul Humphries has said an incident involving a commercial fishing vessel that failed to make anticipated communication should serve as a reminder to all commercial and recreation fishers to always monitor emergency radio services.
8/08/2008 | MEMBER for Roe Dr Graham Jacobs looks likely to return to the Liberal front bench, following the shock resignation of Troy Buswell as the leader of the Liberal Party on Monday and the re-election of former leader Colin Barnett at a party meeting on Wednesday.
8/08/2008 | AFTER months of gathering information Esperance people will now have the opportunity to have their say on the draft Regional Waste Management Plan.
8/08/2008 | BHP Billiton’s Ravensthorpe Nickel Operation may soon be transporting sulphuric acid to Mt Keith via Esperance, according to BHP Principal Advisor Communications Peter Knight.
8/08/2008 | THE Festival Of The Wind (FOW) committee is currently seeking expressions of interest from local artists and craftspeople to undertake a commission for a public artwork to be located along the Esperance Bay foreshore walk trail.
8/08/2008 | THE Esperance Primary School (EPS) Energisers are taking their fight against climate change to a national level, having been selected as one of the finalists for the 2008 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes – Australia’s premier science awards.
7/08/2008 | THE facilities for Esperance doctors to hold clinical consultations with their colleagues in Perth from the Esperance Hospital will be improved within the next six months, with the Health Department confirming that upgrades will be performed on Esperance Hospital’s telehealth services to improve both sound and picture quality.
7/08/2008 | A STRONG showing of Esperance Theatre Guild Members turned out to the Bijou Theatre on Sunday morning, June 27, to get rid of some old furniture that was past its ‘use by’ date.
7/08/2008 | HUMAN rights, pollution and global warming are some of the concerns of Esperance youths that Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations, Elizabeth Shaw, will discuss at a UN General Assembly to be held in New York city.
7/08/2008 | ESPERANCE has a new Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) area manager after Gavin Wornes took up the position last week.