Sea mines for Collie Papalia touts:

COLLIE has been touted as a possible base for manufacturing smart sea mines.

WA Defence Minister Paul Papalia said sea mines could be the next industry in Collie’s transition away from coal.

Smart sea mines are a component of modern undersea warfare and are harmless to regular shipping.

The mines can lay hidden at the bottom of the ocean, only activating when they detect an enemy vessel.

Mr Papalia said Collie’s future in mining could be in producing sea mines.

“The state government has put hundreds of millions of dollars on the table

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to attract industry and manufacturing to Collie and the nation’s sea mine factory could be a good fit,” he said.

“Collie could remain a mining town, but instead of coal, it would be in the business of making the mines of the future.

“We need to protect our harbours and shipping lanes.”

Mr Papalia said Collie also had the industrial base and skilled workers that would be needed to become such a hub.

Mr Papalia said the idea was positively received in Canberra.

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Markets

Country markets Saturday, Wallsend ground 8am to 1pm. Goods Shed markets Sunday 8am-12noon

Bingo

Collie Eagles football clubrooms, Thursdays, doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7pm.

Library activities

Sing along story time, weekly, Mondays, 9am

Junior board game starts today, then fortnightly Thursdays 3.30pm.

Lego Club weekly Mondays, 3.30pm.

Parkrun

Parkrun at Soldiers’ Park every Saturday, 8am. Walk or run at your own pace. Fun and fitness is the focus.

Collie Child and Parent Centre

Playgroup Mondays at 9.00am (for parents and carers with children birth to 5 years old).

MyTime support group (for parents and carers with children with additional needs) Tuesdays from 12.30pm.

Baby Business (for parents and carers with children birth to 2 years) Fridays at 9.00am.

For more information call 9734 3364 or drop in at 6 Cable Street Collie.

Collie Art Gallery

Open Thursdays to Mondays, 10am to 4pm.

Coalfields Museum

Open every day, 9am to 3pm. Children under 16 free with an adult.

Riff Raff dancing

Every Monday from 7pm at Collie PCYC. Beginners welcome, no partner necessary. Supper provided. Cost is $5 per person.

Signing centre

Monday 10am to 12-noon; Thursday 2pm-3.30pm; Friday 10am to 12-noon at the courthouse.

Op shops

The Anglican Op Shop has reopened, Tuesday to Friday, from 9am to 3pm. Vinnies open Mondays to Fridays, 9am to 3pm. Jo’s Bazaar, Monday and Thursday, 9am to 12pm.

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