Eagle Rock

[Xsess]

Australian geoscience has discovered a brand new Island off the coast of WA! The new Island (as yet unnamed) measures 3m x 1m stands 1m high and is positioned approximately 300km off the Coast of Broome.... smack bang in the middle of Browse Basin. The discovery means Australia's martime boundaries need to be durastically altered, and in a joyous twist of fate that means WA will now have a significantly greater say in how the Browse basin can be developed. After being shafted by the federal government over royalties and James Price Point, the shift in the boundary will now see WA's "ownership" (of our own gas mind you) rise from 5% to as high as 70% bringing billions to the state economy and reviving the onshore development option that is so heavily in WA's interests.

Australians can all rejoice at this wonderous news!! WA has a long history of propping up Australias economy and have been rewarded by the federation by having our taxes siphoned off to basket case economies in the east (including having just 30c in the dollar of our GST raised returned to us). The extra dollars means WA can continue to upgrade the infrastructure that underpins the economic success of our state. Means we can prop us Australia for years to come. The champion bit or real estate needs a name befitting the power and success that it represents -so I reckon "Eagle Rock Isl" is the go. Let the nation celebrate!!

 

[Upgrayedd]

Tony abbott announces new 'island' tax

 

[clogged]

This a copy-paste of a forwarded email?

 

[Gough]

I also had no idea that 20 odd years constituted a long history, until WA reinvented itself as a quarry with a view the rest of Australia propped it up.

 

[Admiral Byng]

This morning on ABC720 Geoff named it Poo Island.

Just enough space for a seagull to land on, do a poo, contemplate life for a few moments and then fly off.

 

[Xsess]

This a copy-paste of a forwarded email?

News was front page of the west, dolt.

 

[clogged]

Pretty sure that any new outcrops of land outside state coastal waters is the property of the Commonwealth anyway.

 

[Admiral Byng]

This a copy-paste of a forwarded email?

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/wa/a/23552597/rocky-outcrops-worth-billions/

 

[clogged]

News was front page of the west, dolt.

Forgive me for not reading that "paper".

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

They didn't discover the wreckage of MH370 on that island by any chance, did they?

 

[swingdog]

You should think about moving there, Xsess, it already has more culture than Karratha.

 

[Maggie5]

It is truly a work of art

 

[Xsess]

You should think about moving there, Xsess, it already has more culture than Karratha.

Agreed - haven't lived in Karratha for years (still has more culture than Adelaide).

 

[Admiral Byng]

It is truly a work of art

I think it needs a statue erected on it. Maybe one of Colin himself.

 

[Xsess]

I love looking at that pic. Might be the most expensive real estate on earth.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Could we house illegal immigrants on it?

 

[midorigreenwood]

Whats to stop a spoilt sport laying a stick of dynamite and blowing it up?

(I live in Melbourne now)

 

[Power Raid]

WA will win in one hand and a reassessment on GST will take from the other