Media & Policy
May 2013
Add ban ’will cripple tourism’ - The West Australian - 18/05/2013
April 2013
Waterpark to make splash – In My Community Paper – 10/04/2013
$70m water fun park for Perth – The Weekend West – 6/04/2013
Plea for tourists to visit Coral Coast – ABC News – 5/04/2013
Wave of hotel plans to change city – The West Australian – 4/04/2013
March 2013
Perth council rejects hotel near Bell Tower – ABC News – 13/03/2013
Council pitch to lure tourists to Coral Bay – ABC News – 12/03/2013
Tough times for SW tourism – The West Australian – 09/03/2013
‘Best job in world’ on offer - The West Australian – 05/03/2013
February 2013
Blow 0.15 and you are out says Fremantle club owner David Heaton – The Australian – 23/02/2013
WA commits more funds to the Great Southern Food & Wine Festival - PR Wire – 20/02/2013
January 2013
Top-hotel plan for waterfront – The West Australian – 28/01/2013
WA towns need tourism to fill empty beds – Travel Blackboard – 21/01/2013
Top town despite turndown – Broome Advertiser – 18/01/2013
Beach works to draw in tourism – The West Australian – 18/01/2013
SW towns need tourism cash – The West Australian – 18/01/2013
Perth booms but WA regions in peril - Travel Weekly - 14/01/2013
December 2012
Sandgropers rediscover WA’s appeal - The West Australian – 13/12/2012
Domestic tourism in Western Australia up 14% – Brighthouse – 13/12/2012
WA sees decline in overseas tourists – The West Australian – 6/12/2012
Arrivals climb as China overtakes UK – Travel Weekly – 5/12/2012
WA leisure visitor figures fall – MICEBTN – 5/12/2012
Calls for more marketing as as tourist numbers drop – The West Australian – 5/12/2012
West Australians offer lodgings to tourists via website – The Sunday Times – 2/12/2012
November 2012
Tourism backs Dixon over Joyce – Financial Review – 28/11/2012
Rottnest Island honoured at Tourism Awards – Perthnow.com.au 12/11/2012
Plan for FIFO-only apartments – The West Australian – 12/11/2012
North-west WA share in tourism gongs - ABC News – 12/11/2012
October 2012
Skywest takeover bid bittersweet for regions – ABC News – 31/10/2012
Tourism Council attacks working visa fee increase – ABC News – 22/10/2012
Plea for more regional tourism training - ABC News – 16/10/2012
Tourism group reveals mining boom inequity – ABC News – 8/10/2012
September 2012
Indigenous tourism recognised at WA Tourism Awards – Sunday Times – 28/09/2012
‘Vibrant Perth’ bid to draw tourists - The West Australian – 28/09/2012
Crown Perth’s $1.2b revamp – The West Australian – 20/09/2012
‘No campaign, no visitors’ - Goldfield Miner – 19/09/2012
Chinese visitor spending surges past $150 million- WA Business News – 5/09/2012
August 2012
Eco-tourism conference considers challenges - ABC Kimberley – 30/08/2012
Perth hotel rooms more likely to be slept in – WAtoday – 30/8/2012
Wide open spaces - Business in Focus – 27/08/2012
Business gets ready for new market – The West Australian – 16/08/2012
Is WA missing out on the Chinese tourist boom? – 7:30WA ABC News – 10/08/2012
Perth´s biggest hotel for Burswood - WA Business News – 2/08/2012
Crown hotel to east Perth room crisis - Travel Weekly - 2/08/2012
July 2012
Charges over Lancelin tour bus crash - PerthNow – 25/07/2012
Council welcomes change of heart – Augusta Margaret River Mail – 25/07/2012
Does Perth need an icon? – WA Today – 24/07/2012
Chinese will like Sunday shopping – The Sunday Times – 22/07/2012
More seats added to Air New Zealand’s Perth – Auckland flights – Perthnow.com – 18/07/2012
Tourist operators defend prices – The West Australian – 7/07/2012
Coffee cost no barrier: Hames – The West Australian – 5/07/2012
Tourists told ‘not to bother’ with Perth – SMH.com.au – 4/07/2012
Tourists told to avoid Perth’s ‘astronomic prices’ – 720 ABC News – 4/07/2012
Qatar direct flights expected to inject millions - ABC News - 4/07/2012
June 2012
Dusty red Karratha canvas comes to life – WAtoday.com.au - 27/06/2012
Perth’s trading hours extended – MICEBTN – 24/06/2012
Retailers hail WA State Parliament move to allow Sunday trading - Connectedaustralia.com – 22/06/2012
Why WA is not on the tourist map – The Sunday Times – 25/06/2012
Letter to the Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs Committee - Premier of WA – 14/06/2012
Stop the taxes – support Australian tourism – Australian Financial Review – 14/06/2012
Tax a ‘burden’to visitors – Kalgoorlie Miner – 13/06/2012
WA leisure arrivals fall, business figures rise – MICEBTN – 7/06/2012
High taxes blamed for drop in tourist - ABC News - 06/06/2012
May 2012
Publish division over waterfront name – The West Australian – 30/05/2012
Plea for hotels to keep prices balanced in boom – WAtoday – 23/05/2012
CBD land released for new hotel - WA Business News – 22/05/2012
State Government releases new land for Perth CBD hotel – Perthnow.com.au – 22/05/2012
FESA bulldozed to help hotel shortage – WAToday – 22/05/2012
Direct flights from Perth to China prove popular - ABC News – 21/05/2012
Budget receives mixed reaction – ABC News – 18/05/2012
Government sells budget to mixed responses – ABC News – 18/05/2012
Industry gives mixed reaction to budget – WA Business News – 18/05/2012
Tourism budget cut ‘will hurt regions’ – MICEBTN – 17/05/2012
Tourism Council WA – Stadium – Joondalup Weekender – 17/05/2012
Tour operators urged to enter – Kimberley Echo – 15/07/2012
Ferocious race fire ‘came from nowhere’ – thewest.com.au – 11/05/2012
Ultramarathon inquiry told no minimum standard – ABC News – 11/05/2012
Taxing time for WA’s international tourists – The Esperance Express – 11/05/2012
Tourism tax hike ‘will hurt regions’ - Mice BTN – 09/05/2012
WA robbed to fund ‘budget for battlers’ – WAtoday.com.au – 09/05/2012
Tourism tax hike ‘will hurt regions’ – Hall – Mice BTN – 09/05/2012
Forty years of excellence for 40 toursim – Travel Blackboard – 03/05/2012
Tourism council takes heart in rates cut – ABC News – South West – 02/05/2012
Perth prices high for business traveller – The West Australian – 01/05/2012
April 2012
Tourism industry hit hard - Northam Guardian – 18/04/2012
Country hotels out in the cold – thewest.com.au – 11/04/2012
Photographers rate WA most picturesque state – WAtoday.com.au 04/04/2012
March 2012
Rates rocket as demand soars – The West Australian – 27/03/2012
Backpackers’ bed crisis – The West Australian – 27/03/2012
Winners and losers in Perth’s hotel boom – Perthnow.com.au – 23/03/2012
Perth the priciest for hotel rooms – Sydney Morning Herald – 20/03/2012
Call to improve tourism services - Kalgoorlie Miner – 19/03/2012
WA’s interstate tourism collapse – The West Australian – 15/03/2012
Eastern states tourists stay away from WA – WAtoday.com & Sydney Morning Herald – 14/03/2012
WA business figures up, leisure down – MICEBTN – 14/03/2012
Selling Western Australia to China – Perthnow.com.au – 12/03/2012
Special funding boosts WA’s China numbers – MICEBTN – 8/03/2012
Scandinavians the surprise invasion – The West Australian – 8/03/2012
Chinese tourists flocking to WA – thewest.com.au – 7/03/2012
WA still hit with international visitors – WAToday – 7/03/2012
WA tourism operators struggling in the South West – 7:30 WA ABC TV – 2/03/2012
February 2012
New owner for iconic Broome resort – Perthnow.com.au – 28/02/2012
Backpackers could solve jobs crises: Hames - Sydney Morning Herald - 28/02/2012
WA’s struggling regions need funding – MICEBTN – 28/02/2012
Caravanning sector backs tourism funds push – ABC News North West – 28/02/2012
Where the bloody hell are all the tourists? – WAtoday – 28/02/2012
Calls for $27 m to market WA – WA Business News – 27/02/2012
Crunch time for WA tourism industry – Sydney Morning Herald – 27/02/2012
Emergency summit demanded to rescue WA tourism – Travel Blackboard – 27/02/2012
Tourism sector struggling to compete - ABC News - 27/02/2012
WA tourism body forced to go cap in hand to State Government for $27m – Perthnow.com.au – 27/02/2012
WA tourism spending fall short – The West Australian – 27/02/2012
Calls to scrap Rottnest admission fee – WAtoday – 16/02/2012
Tourism Council calls for emergency summit – MICEBTN – 14/02/2012
WA holidays ‘can’t compete’ with cheap Bali – WA Today – 9/02/2012
January 2012
WA hotels mining for tourists – Travel Blackboard – 25/01/2012
Accommodating development / Page 1 / Page 2 – WA Business News – 19/01/2012
Boost tourism funds call – Augusta-Margaret River Mail – 18/01/2012
Perth hotel bed shortage discovered – ABC News – 14/01/2012
Tourist areas “falling behind” mining towns – Australian Mining – 16/01/2012
Two-speed economy hits hotel occupancy – WA Business News – 13/01/2012
Tourists serve up some good news for South West - The West Australian - 10/1/2012
December 2011
Failing to entice east coast tourists – ABC News – 15/12/2011
Big drop in eastern State tourists a ‘black hole’ for WA – The West – 15/12/2011
Interstate tourism to WA is down 30% – WA Business News – 14/12/2011
China leads WA tourism growth – WA Business News – 7/12/2011
Developer call for waterfront hotel complex – The West Australian – 7/12/2011
FIFO miners a big challenge for Australian tourism – Steel Guru – 4/12/2011
November 2011
WA tourism rewards – The West Australian – 30/11/2011
FIFO squeezes out tourists – Sydney Morning Herald – 29/11/2011
WA’s China tourist boom at risk – Perthnow.com – 9/11/2011
Direct flights between China and Perth begin – ABC news – 9/11/2011
Qantas ´shenanigans´hurt tourism in WA - Perthnow.com – 01/11/2011
October 2011
Tourism industry takes another hit with Qantas grounding – 31/10/2011
Was CHOGM worth it for Perth? - The Sydney Morning Herald – 31/10/2011
Tourism back Perth hotel plan – Travel Weekly – 26/10/2011
Land release to stimulate hotel development – The West Australian – 26/10/2011
Shark Attacks in Australia: Government takes new precautions – International Business Times – 25/10/2011
Fears latest fatality could hit tourism – The West Australian – 24/10/2011
Shark attacks crippling WA tourism – Perthnow – 22/10/2011
Tourism jobs are hard to find in WA – ABC News – 14/10/2011
Surprise tourist accommodation figures shows we’re looking good – Augusta-Margaret River Mail – 12/10/2011
September 2011
Tourism Council welcomes event funding – WA Business News – 28/09/2011
Build 300 new hotel rooms each year ‘or go backwards – The West Australian – 28/09/2011
Rowdy holiday homes targeted – The West Australian – 21/09/2011
Western Australia expects more tourists from China – english.news.cn – 19/09/2011
Tourism operators gear up for Chinese growth – ABC News – 19/09/2011
Tourism spending slumps by 100 million plus – ABC News – 14/09/2011
$100 slump in tourism spending – WA Business News – 14/09/2011
Tourists can face a difficult task to find a hotel room – ABC News – 12/09/2011
WA plans for Chinese tourism boost – The West Australian – 9/09/2011
Douglas family speaks out against gas hub – ABC News – 9/09/2011
International business tourism soaring – WA Business News – 7/09/2011
‘What’s the point?’: tourism questions west Kimberley heritage listing – Sydney Morning Herald 1/09/2011
Downturn in leisure tourists – South Western Times – 1/09/2011
August 2011
China – Perth flights start in November – perthnow.com 11/09/2011
July 2011
Accommodation shortage in boom state capital Perth – The Australian 27/07/2011
Boom hits hotel rooms, economy – Perthnow.com 25/07/2011
New tourism planning, development rules for WA – Perthnow.com 20/07/2011
More flexibility for tourism projects – WA Business News 19/07/2011
Perth wins race to host athletics – The Weekend West 16/07/2011
CHOGM retail trading boost not enough – Perthnow.com.au 13/07/2011
Bid to topple seven-storey hotel plans fails – Guardian Express 12/07/2011
Tourism slump hits NW operators – theWest.com.au 12/07/2011
Vacancy signs as tourism operators struggle – ABC Kimberley 11/07/2011
Full Hotels Hurting – 7.30 Report 8/07/2011
New water park operational by 2015 – Channel 9 News 4/07/2011
June 2011
Call for WA Investment – Travel Weekly 27/06/2011
Tourism WA welcomes Ningaloo Listing – WA Business News 27/06/2011
Airport chaos as flights resume – The West Australian 16/06/2011
Chaos continues as Perth flights suspended – Travel Weekly 15/06/2011
‘Cockroach’ convention needs upgrade – Perthnow.com & The Sunday Times 12/06/2011
Business first for overseas visitors – WA Business News 9/06/2011
Liquor Act all bottom up – WA Business News 9/06/2011
licensing balance – WA Business News 9/06/2011
Bottom up on liquor licensing – WA Business News 9/06/2011
WA urged to urged to do more for Chinese Tourists – The West Australian 7/06/2011
Business only for travellers to WA – WA Business News 6/06/2011
WA’s business tourism boom from China- PerthNow 6/06/2011
More facilities planned for caravanners – The West Australian 4/06/2011
Land may be released for new hotels – The West Australian 3/06/2011
May 2011
Tourism, events funds boosted – Augusta Margaret River Mail 25/05/2011
Budget’s historic investment in tourism- Perthnow.com.au 19/05/2011
Blitz on WA’s service quality ahead of CHOGM- Perthnow.com.au 21/05/2011
Tourism sector welcomes budget boost – WA Business News 19/05/2011
Perth China Flights to pump up tourism- PerthNow.com.au 9/05/2011
Internet visa push aims to boost Chinese tourism – The Weekend West 9/05/2011
Tourism industry battles worst of times – The Weekend West 09/05/2011
April 2011
Perth being considered as a location for a new Theme Park – Channel 9 News
ATAP joins the TQUAL team – Australian Tourism Exchange Newsletter
March 2011
Liquor restrictions to be examined in Broome (video) – GWN Broome
WA toursim vital post-boom – Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson – PerthNow.com.au
Australia’s best named at Qantas Tourism Awards- News.com.au
The best of Australian tourism revealed- thetelegraph.com.au
Australian Tourism Awards – The West Australian
Qantas Australian Tourism Awards – STM, Sunday Times
Eyes on the Prize – The Weekend Australian Magazine
February 2011
Industry calls for action on new waterfront plan - perthNow.com.au
Perth’s $440m Waterfront plan revealed- perthNow.com.au
January 2011
Big g’day to USA from everyone except WA - thewest.com.au
November 2010
WA Tourism Awards – West Australian Newspaper
WA Tourism Awards – STM, Sunday Times
January 2010
Closure to cost Peel ‘millions’- inmycommunity.com.au
November 2009
Perth to host CHOGM- thewest.com.au
