THE possibility of the timeline for Woodside Petroleum's Pluto project in Western Australia dragging out because of potential gas supply shortages and an industrial relations dispute have pushed the company's shares lower.

Want to double your income overnight? Then head for Karratha, and the big bucks from WA's mining boom. The trick, though, is to find somewhere to stay, as Mark Dapin discovers.

Holidays for a cause ANYONE sick of the usual package tour fare should think of volunteering for a conservation experience. Imagine helping survey nesting turtles on Rosemary Island off the coast of Karratha in Western Australia, building a boardwalk around Uluru or undertaking water quality

Bountiful Norfolk ALL-INCLUSIVE group tours to Norfolk Island are available from Pacific Unlimited on a monthly basis until March, with two departures in December. Everything's organised: air fares, eight nights' accommodation, breakfasts and dinners, 10 tours and an island book and other extr