Kwinana Industries Council

Media Releases

  111205 Positive alliance to boost education (20.79 kb)
Kwinana Industries Council (KIC) has formed an alliance with MEGT Australia to work on developing a broad suite of programs and initiatives to provide positive employment outcomes for local students.

  111118 Inspiring Women Inspire Our Workforce (24.38 kb)
Over 40 female Kwinana Industries Council member employees were treated to two prominent and inspiring speakers at the launch of the KIC Women’s Networking Forum in Henderson this week.

  111103 KIC School Based Traineeship (22.58 kb)
Local Kwinana industry partners, parents and teachers welcomed 14 new students to the 2012 KIC Metals and Engineering School Based Traineeship during an event at Gilmore College on Thursday.

  110928 Developing women in the workforce (22.92 kb)
The future of Kwinana Industries is set to take on a new perspective if the 22 women who attended the KIC sponsored advancing women workshop achieve their goals.

  110909 Collaborative Effort (24.92 kb)
Kwinana Industries Council industry representatives and local Principals and VET coordinators gathered at Cooperative Bulk Handling (CBH) Grain Terminal in Kwinana on Wednesday 7 September 2011 for the KIC Education Partnership’s inaugural Networking Forum.

  110620 Kwinana industry buffer under threat (52.16 kb)
The Kwinana Industries Council (KIC) has called for the City of Rockingham to withdraw a rezoning proposal that, it says, could open the gates to high rise residential development on the doorstep of Western Australia’s premier industrial area, the Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA).

  110607 CoR proposal to allow high rise.... (32.12 kb)
The City of Rockingham has developed a plan to rezone industrial land within the industrial buffer to City Centre Zone. This new zone enables the building of residential high rise apartments within the buffer.

  100928 Report into Monitoring of Cockburn Sound (26.95 kb)
The Office of the Auditor General has issued a report on the effectiveness of the monitoring of Cockburn Sound, and has found that there are some areas that are lacking. It is good the report has been done as it highlights the problem where an essential agency such as the CSMC struggles to meet the expectations when it is underfunded.

  100817 Traineeship Wins Award Recognition (22.93 kb)
Kwinana Industries Council (KIC) is thrilled that it was voted the winner of the Community Commitment Award in the 2010 RKCC Bendigo Bank Small Business Awards. KIC wishes the trainees, past and present, the best of luck with their careers.

  100419 Congratulations - best beaches (20.36 kb)
Kwinana Industries Council congratulates both the City of Rockingham (Western Australia’s cleanest beach for 2010), and the Town of Kwinana for its High Commendation award for Wells Park at Kwinana Beach.

  100224 KIC School Based Traineeship Event (28.99 kb)
The Kwinana Industries Council (KIC) presented certificates to the students of Gilmore College who were selected to join the KIC Metals and Engineering School Based Traineeship for 2010.

  91130 Beach Shoot Captures the Coast (24.91 kb)
Kwinana Industries Council Director Mr. Chris Oughton today launched “Beach Shoot” the KIC Coastal Short Film and Photo Competition, a joint initiative with Perth Region NRM’s Coastcare Program, to celebrate Coastcare Week.

  91118 KIC Welcomes comp for wholesale gas supplies (27.68 kb)
Kwinana Industries Council welcomes the news that new legislation has been passed by State Parliament to allow for greater competition in the gas supply market, together with the opportunity for increased supply of gas.

  91116 GP Dinner 2009 (24.03 kb)
General practitioners from Rockingham and Kwinana met with Kwinana industry representatives for their sixth annual dinner recently. Doctors from the Rockingham Kwinana Division of General Practice (RKDGP) and members from Kwinana Industries Council meet annually to discuss matters of community and worker health and wellbeing, and to share their knowledge.

  91030 Waste water tie-in (21.21 kb)
Kwinana Industries Council Director Chris Oughton said the tie-in was another important milestone for Kwinana industry.

  90925 KIEP Schools First Awards (31.58 kb)
Kwinana Industries Education Partnership (KIEP) has won another award in recognition of its school and industry partnership work.

  90903 Training for tomorrows industrial workforce (23.82 kb)
Premier Colin Barnett today announced the creation of the Department of Training and Workforce Development, formed by splitting off the training aspect of the Department of Education and Training.

  90731 State Alert (20.24 kb)
KIC is very pleased to see that State Alert is soon to be officially launched, and is proud to have been in there from the beginning to develop the idea of an early warning system. With State Alert being introduced on a national basis it is a credit to those who had the original idea right here in the Kwinana Industrial Area.

  90518 Sound Budgeting (22.58 kb)
KIC says that a funding increase for the independent Cockburn Sound Management Council (CSMC) is essential to properly monitor the state of Cockburn Sound. The CSMC Budget was increased from $250,000 to $500,000 in the last Budget, falling short of the required $700,000, and the Kwinana Industries Council is calling on the Environment Minister to finish off closing the gap this year.

  90330 Cockburn live sheep (19.70 kb)
KIC voices opposition to exporting live sheep from Cockburn Sound

  90327 HIsmelt Maintenance (18.34 kb)
KIC member HIsmelt extends maintenance mode for 12 months

  90327 KIC photo competition winners (20.10 kb)
Congratulations to the winners of the second KIC/Coastcarer photo competition

  90310 Fremantle Ports Expert (19.12 kb)
KIC welcomes the appointment of a panel of experts to oversee port expansions in Cockburn Sound

  90227 James Point (20.10 kb)
KIC supports James Point port proposal

  State Alert (20.86 kb)
KIC calls for quick implementation of State Alert incident warning system

  Transport Talks extended (19.61 kb)
More time for public consultation on Intermodal Transport Hub

  90106 Letter to Editor - Business News (29.26 kb)
KIC puts itc case on the need to preserve the Industrial Buffer Zone

  90106 Emissions white paper (21.92 kb)
Federal emission goals a "significant target".

  81217 Coastal Photo Competition Snaps Again (31.67 kb)
81217 KIC sponsors the second Coastal Photo Competition

  81202 Intermodal Hub (22.27 kb)
KIC welcomes moves to create major transport hub

  81112 Sound Report for Industry (20.78 kb)
Cockburn Sound remains a "pretty clean" body of water.

  81013 WA Enviro awards.pdf (23.32 kb)
81013 WA Enviro awards.pdf

  81006 Port Plans (22.32 kb)
81006 Port Plans

  80806 Gas brings relief (20.70 kb)
The partial resumption of gas brings sighs of relief from industry

  80717 industry education centre (20.72 kb)
KIC meets with Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard on industry education

  80616 Sound Monitoring Under Threat (24.85 kb)
Kwinana Industries Council wants a state government guarantee the environmental monitoring of Cockburn Sound will not lose out in the current funding allocations.

  80609 Kwinana faces Gas shortage (21.26 kb)
Kwinana Industrial Area faces up to two months of gas shortages, but most companies have alternate supplies.

  80606 Fake Fire cops a Spray (19.40 kb)
Emergency fire response times were put to the test recently when two trucks “caught fire” at Terminals West’s Kwinana depot.


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KIMA Exercise

KIMA Exercise

  80519 Indigenous youth face a skilled future.doc (23.13 kb)
Two programs launched by Kwinana Industries Council are designed to make sure Kwinana’s Indigenous Youth have a skilled future. Called “Learning to Earning” and “IHLEP”, both are designed to meet special community needs and provide pre-job training

  80516 IHLEP in Kwinana.pdf (25.79 kb)
Kwinana industry is backing a plan by national recruitment company IPA to help indigenous youth prepare for all facets of employment.

  80424 Youth Counselling.pdf (31.66 kb)
Kwinana Industries Council and Rockingham-Kwinana Division of General Practice formally sign an agreement, covering three years sponsorship of a youth psychiatric service for $30,000

  80414 Garry Holland Tribute.pdf (19.45 kb)
KIC pays tribute to the late Garry Holland, CEO of the City of Rockingham.

  80319 Sound Desalination.pdf (21.03 kb)
Kwinana Industries Council supports the Water Corporation’s call for an end to its desalination plant outflow monitoring – but wants more resources for the further monitoring of Cockburn Sound.


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