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Half a billion out the door, a billion on the way: Darren Godwell’s year of delivery at IBA
“You can’t call yourself a subbie until you’ve been right royally screwed by a...
Reece Harley 5 Nov 2026
‘We need to stop measuring only what we spend’: Cara Peek challenges Indigenous business model
Yawuru entrepreneur, lawyer, and businesswoman Cara Peek has challenged organisa...
Phoebe Solon 5 Nov 2026
Aboriginal money backs Aboriginal business as AEMEE opens its next era in Broome
Why a conference which once drew 40 people is now bursting at the seams The Kim...
Reece Harley 4 Nov 2026
Trailblazing Aboriginal health worker Elsta Foy receives Order of Australia Medal
Nearly 200 family members, friends and community representatives gathered in Rub...
Phoebe Solon 29 Oct 2026
Kimberley 9s returns to Broome for its biggest year yet
Hundreds of students from across the Kimberley descended on Cable Beach in Broom...
Phoebe Solon 29 Oct 2026
Australian bishop concedes justice delay in abuse case

A top Australian Catholic bishop has acknowledged the eight-year delay in bringing a former bishop to justice on charges he sexually abused young Indigenous men.

Bishop's victims praised for bringing down powerful man

A former high-ranking Catholic fond of hosting alcohol-fuelled shirts-off parties will spend at least four and a half years behind bars for sexually abusing two young Aboriginal men.

Ex-bishop jailed for abusing vulnerable young men

A former high-ranking Catholic known for hosting boozy parties will spend at least four and a half years behind bars for sexually abusing two young Aboriginal men.

Too quick to remove, too slow to protect: What South Hedland tells us about WA child protection

I was born and raised in the Pilbara. Before becoming a psychologist, I spent close to a decade as a child protection worker in some of our highest-risk remote Indigenous communities.

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Dr Tracy Westerman Sep 30, 2026
Yawuru Elder Patrick Dodson honoured for lifetime of leadership and reconciliation

Yawuru Elder and respected Indigenous leader Dr Patrick Dodson has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Notre Dame Australia.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Aug 31, 2026
Church investigation into disgraced ex-bishop to resume

Note: This article includes references to sexual assault. The Catholic Church will resume its investigation into a disgraced ex-bishop found guilty of sexually abusing young Aboriginal men.

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Aaron Bunch (AAP) Aug 15, 2026
Prosecutors say bishop hosted alcohol-fuelled parties to target young Aboriginal men

Note: this article contains references to alleged sexual assaults. Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders, 76, is fighting a slew of sexual assault charges after allegedly abusing three you...

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Aaron Bunch (AAP) Aug 12, 2026
Former Broome Bishop acquitted of several sexual assault charges, trial continues

Warning: this report contains references to alleged sexual abuse. A former Catholic bishop accused of sexually abusing young Aboriginal men has been acquitted of several charges mid-trial.

Aboriginal man testifies 'bishop groomed us' at BBQ

A former Catholic bishop invited an Indigenous teen to his home for a barbecue and then inappropriately touched him, a jury has been told. Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders is fighting...

Police intercept alleged outlaw motorcycle gang members heading towards Kimberley

WA Police intercepted seven alleged outlaw motorcycle gang members en route to Western Australia's Kimberley and issued each a dispersal notice.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 31, 2026
Homegrown Bidgy Fest brings a world of music to remote community

Malanga Elder MJ Jadai sits in a garden outside an art centre in Bidyadanga, a remote Aboriginal community 200 kilometres south of Broome, as women swap brightly coloured clothes and children debate w...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 30, 2026
Broome bushfires treated as suspicious as crews monitor Waterbank area

Authorities are treating two bushfires burning north of Broome as suspicious after they ignited at the weekend. Both fires burnt in the Waterbank area, north of the Broome town centre.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 27, 2026
Bishop visited his abuse accuser in jail, jury told

A former Catholic bishop accused of sexually abusing multiple young Aboriginal men repeatedly visited one of his alleged victims in jail, a court has been told.

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Aaron Bunch (AAP) Jul 25, 2026
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