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Smithson Planning

Locality: Fremantle, Western Australia

Phone: +61 419 556 444

Address: Knutsford Street 6160 Fremantle, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.smithsonplanning.com.au

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25.01.2022 Peter Watson MLA - 23 Sep 2020 - Election Commitment Delivered : Work on finishing the ($175m Albany) Ring Road has started ... it will take heavy vehicles out of residential areas and away from the the main roundabout, improving safety and reducing noise for residents - it will create 1,000 local jobs along with the increased economic spending over its build time (2-3 years) .... local participation programs are in place making sure local subcontractors get work, plus extra local Main Roads Western Australia engineering traineeships. https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au//Joint-media-stateme

24.01.2022 Media Statement - 11 Sep 2020 - Hon. Alannah MacTiernan MLC, Minister for Ports : Fremantle Ports chief executive officer Mr Chris Leatt-Hayter is set to retire in January 2021 after 12 years in the role ... WA Ports Minister Alannah MacTiernan MLC has thanked Mr Leatt-Hayter for almost two decades of service to the port, including 12 years as CEO - Mr Leatt-Hayter joined Fremantle Ports in 1992 from the Department of Transport, and was appointed CEO in December 2008 (following the election of the Barnett Government). https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au//Retirement-of-Frema

24.01.2022 Greyhound DD-548 - 1939-45 - The Battle of the Atlantic ... the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from September 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in May 1945, covering a major part of the Naval history of World War II.

24.01.2022 Claremont Nedlands Post - 28 Nov 2020 p76 - UWA honour for WA's top planner : The University of Western Australia has honoured the state's top urban planner, appointing David Caddy Adjunct Professor (Urban and Regional Planning) in the Department of Geography and Planning ... Professor Caddy, chair of the WA Planning Commission (WAPC), has had a long connection with the urban and regional planning programs at UWA, having taught statutory planning to undergraduate and postgrad...uate students from 2010 to 2018 - he played an instrumental role in helping establish the urban and regional planning programs at UWA in 2007, along with other organisations including Satterley Land & Housing, the WA Local Government Association (WALGA), the Urban Development Institute of Australia (National), Hatch Roberts Day, McLeods Lawyers and the Australia Property and Education News Foundation Ltd. See more

23.01.2022 An analysis of the key federal contributions to the Rainbow 2000 project debate - whereas it is one thing to spend $300m once in the wrong place for export trade and lose several billion in superannuation funds, it is another to do it twice ... especially if you are planning counter-productive objectives - the Commonwealth (with local, regional and State governance) have had twenty-three years (so far) to get it right before Albany Anzac 2014-19 commemorations, and the WA Bicentennial 2026-27-29-31 celebrations - it's not as if the powers-that-be couldn't see what was coming. Is planning the antithesis of politics? - you be the judge. www.smithsonplanning.com.au

21.01.2022 Scenes from south of the Swan River.

21.01.2022 West Australian - 16 Sep 2020 Wheels p1 - The weekend is safe : a look at the electric Utes (RVs & SUVs) set to arrive in the near future.

21.01.2022 Albany Advertiser - 01 Dec 2020 p1 - Cooking with (recycled) gas : the devil made me kill him. * Albany could become Australia’s first city to run solely on recycled natural gas under a plan to harvest gas from a rubbish tip and deliver it to Albany homes. * Gregory John William Quartermaine says "the devil" told him to kill the 60-year-old man he alleged decapitated and dismembered in Tambellup. Get the latest from his murder trial.... * Racewars is off the cards for 2021, but Targa West Events is planning an expanded racing program over the March long weekend. * And the Albany mental health service that's changing lives.

19.01.2022 West Australian - 24 Sep 2020 p51 - On the right track : State's plan to return three disused grain lines to service ... Tier 3 lines flagged for upgrades : we are committed to investigating any initiatives that could increase public safety by reducing the number of trucks on roads in regional WA - Rita Saffioti MLA, Minister for Transport & Planning. Note : The background picture is Esperance, which didn't even make it on to the map.

18.01.2022 Perth Voice - 19 Sep 2020 Wrap p1 - 20 Basil 20 for Lord Mayor ... Who do you know, who do you trust? Basil Zempilas for Perth Lord Mayor.

18.01.2022 West Australian - 27 Nov 2020 p84 - Why WA best for subs work : this is something we need everyone to get behind if we are to get a result ... in the national interest and the interests of all West Australians -

15.01.2022 West Australian - 16 Sep 2020 Wheels p3 - Electric power to the people's ute :

14.01.2022 Melville Herald - 12 Sep 2020 p1 - Melville CEO calls barleese over lease,

14.01.2022 Perth Voice - 12 Sep 2020 p3 - Clubs fear leases will push them over edge : more clubs and community groups have raised concerns they'll struggle to survive under the City of Vincent council's draft policy on leasing its properties ... the Draft Property Framework Management Policy was intended to replace the existing hodgepodge of individual agreements, where some clubs pay nothing and others have sizeable rents - the public comment period has now closed, and other groups are likewise concerned ... Gary Fitzgerald from the North Perth Tennis Club told this week's council briefing session the club would struggle under the proposed policy ... this would provide great financial stress to the club, with annual NPTC rent increasing from $949 a year to somewhere between $2883 and $3845 p.a., depending on subsidies.

13.01.2022 An analysis of the key State contributions to the Rainbow 2000 project debate - whereas it is one thing to spend $300m once in the wrong place for export trade, it is another to do it twice ... especially if you are planning counter-productive objectives - the State (with local, regional and Commonwealth governance) after the Anzac Centenary 2014-19 commemorations have had thirty years to get it right before the WA Bicentennial 2026-27-29-31 celebrations (Frederickstown, Fremantle, Perth & Albany) - it's not as if the powers-that-be couldn't see what was coming. Is planning the antithesis of politics? - you be the judge. www.smithsonplanning.com.au

13.01.2022 ABC Great Southern - 23 Sep 2020 - ALBANY RING ROAD WORKS START : Work on the $175m Albany Ring Road starts today with Premier Mark McGowan in town to break ground ... the road will link Menang Drive, George Street and Princess Royal Drive to Albany port ... it is expected to open in 2023. https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au//Joint-media-stateme

12.01.2022 Better Bridge Town Hall Meeting - 11 Sep 2020 - Leighton Peninsula Connectivity Options ... pause the bridge - a response to the Main Roads Western Australia's Swan River Crossings Project ... in respect to the replacement of the Old Fremantle Traffic Bridge and the augmentation of the Fremantle Railway Bridge. Red - Regional transit Blue - Destination distribution Yellow - Local community... Purple - Railway Orange - Freight link. See more

11.01.2022 Melville Gazette - 03 Sep 2020 p1 - Footy, Finals & Freo ... how Fremantle NABbed the WAFL Grand Final, and other grand plans for the Shark Park upgrade at East Fremantle ... as Murdoch University shapes to slash staff sustainability.

11.01.2022 Fremantle Herald - 12 Sep 2020 p1 - NDA funding crisis brewing for a decade : The University of Notre Dame Australia's financial strife was a crisis 10 years in the making, rather than a problem created by the COVID-19 pandemic, says the NTEU National Tertiary Education Union ... UNDA vice chancellor Francis Campbell announced a voluntary redundancy scheme in a memo to staff late last month, saying the university had to cut staff costs by $15 million.

10.01.2022 The Australian - 10 Sep 2020 p15 - Vibrant CBDs vital to strong recovery : Corporate Australia is working with governments to help bring back more workers into central business districts in a bid to stimulate the economy ... getting people back into CBDs is vital to stimulating a recovery from COVID-19, according to the Property Council of Australia - our major CBDs make a significant contribution to Australia's economic output and must be reactivated to support jobs, investment and productivity, PCA chief executive Ken Morrison said ... major property developers have acknowledged that cities will be at least partially reshaped in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but they are also keen to get on with new projects.

10.01.2022 Fremantle Herald - 12 Sep 2020 p10 - McGown tackled : The McGowan government's backing of a new container port in Kwinana has been met with bitter disappointment by recreational fishing group Recfishwest ... given the green light in August on the advice of the Westport Taskforce, the new port will move trade from Fremantle to Kwinana either in a single move by 2032 or over a transitionary period - the government has already filled the coffers of a newly established Westport Office with $97.2 million to move forward with the taskforce's recommendations ... the government is investing $29.5 million as part of the next stage of Westport environmental studies, modelling, impact assessment and mitigation, and Wedstport will do everything it can to avoid, mitigate and offset environmental impacts, independent chair Nicole Lockwood said.

10.01.2022 Main Roads Western Australia - 25 Nov 2020 - Changes are coming! .... from 04.00 am Monday 07 December 2020, drivers will navigate through a temporary roundabout at the High Street and Stirling Highway intersection - lanes and turning movements will be closed the weekend before, making a safe space for us to work ... allow extra travel time and avoid the area if you can.

08.01.2022 West Australian - 26 Nov 2020 p15 - Defence West : Canberra, it's time to make a decision and put the national interest first.

06.01.2022 West Australian - 30 Nov 2020 p46 - Ships come in for WA jobs : Australia's submarines are one of the most strategically important and complex capabilities in our Defence Force ... to preserve our regionally superior Collins Class submarine capability, the Morrison Government is carefully considering the management of the entirety of our submarine program - one that extends over the next 50 years ... this includes the decision on the future location of Full Cycle Docking (or FCD).

06.01.2022 Peak Oil - everyone's growing concern - a snapshot of two decades of Australian and Global energy planning, policy and practice - you can review the seventeen other FB photo albums each with 200 stories. www.smithsonplanning.com.au

05.01.2022 Norup + Wilson - 03 Sep 2020 - Grand Opening : The Precinct, Mount Pleasant, Canning Bridge, Applecross.

04.01.2022 Fremantle Herald - 14 Aug 2020 (e-News) - SHIPPING OUT : FREMANTLE council has lost the battle to retain at least part of its working port ... the McGowan government announced this week that Freos inner harbour is to be wound down completely possible as early as 2032 with port operations shifted to a modern facility in Kwinana. https://heraldonlinejournal.com/2020/08/14/shipping-out/

01.01.2022 Claremont Nedlands Post - 28 Nov 2020 p1 - Rokeby South doomed as people place,

01.01.2022 An analysis of the key media contributions to the Rainbow 2000 project debate - it's not as if the powers-that-be couldn't see what was coming. Is planning the antithesis of politics? - you be the judge. www.smithsonplanning.com.au

01.01.2022 An analysis of the key private enterprise contributions to the Rainbow 2000 project debate - whereas it is one thing to spend $300m once in the wrong place for export trade, it is another to do it twice - especially if you are planning counter-productive objectives - and Private Enterprise (together with community, local, regional, State and Commonwealth governance) had seventeen years to get it right before Anzac Centenary 2014-19 ... thirty years before Albany Bicentennial 2026-27 - it's not as if the powers-that-be couldn't see what was coming. Is planning the antithesis of politics? - you be the judge. www.smithsonplanning.com.au