Western Australian Country Health Service plans to build a residential development in South Hedland have cast doubt on a neighbouring private project from which the state government has recently withdrawn support.
The state's investment in Finbar's Pelago property development may have become the subject of recent controversy, but some in Karratha's small business community are in no doubt that the strategy is good for the Pilbara.
Karratha's first small bar owner, Bart Parsons, has realised his dream of opening among the traditional pubs and hotels in the northern town, but it has come with a costly sting in the tail.
