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Concerns raised over health, water and housing as residents return to Nganmarriyanga / Palumpa after floods
Concerns have been raised about residents being returned to the flood-hit remote...
Giovanni Torre 26 Apr 2026
Woorabinda water supply restored after 11-month boil alert
Woorabinda residents can now safely drink tap water again, following the complet...
Joseph Guenzler 29 Jan 2026
Boiling every drop: families in the Kimberley still fighting for healthy homes
In a remote Kimberley community, a mother describes how she must boil water befo...
Natasha Clark 5 Nov 2025
NT Court of Appeal ends long-running water rights legal battle with victory for Aboriginal tenants
The NT's Court of Appeal confirmed this week that the NT government, through its...
Giovanni Torre 27 Dec 2024
Land councils claim no consultation with Traditional Owners over water plans
Land Councils in the Northern Territory have criticised the CLP government's dec...
Dechlan Brennan 20 Dec 2024
NT government seeks to "dodge responsibility" for tenants' drinking water

The Northern Territory government will challenge a ruling that found it is legally responsible for providing safe drinking water to its tenants, many of whom live in remote Indigenous communities, in...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 28, 2024
Safe, reliable drinking water coming to remote Queensland communities

The small Lama Lama community in far north Queensland has received critical funding to help facilitate a reliable water supply after generations of challenges, one of a host of remote communities acro...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Oct 16, 2024
$26 million announced to tackle Cherbourg's long-running water crisis

Cherbourg residents have dealt with unreliable and dangerous water supplies for decades, enduring frequent warnings to boil their tap water or rely on bottled water exclusively.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 8, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Discovery of worms in Fitzroy Valley tap water brings sharp focus to ongoing crisis

The discovery of worms in tap water in a Kimberley Aboriginal community has brought sharp focus on the provision of water infrastructure and services in the region, revealing very little of a $350 mil...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 9, 2024
11 new homes completed, waterworks underway in Maningrida to tackle NT housing crisis

The federal and Northern Territory governments are working in partnership to close the gap in housing for First Nations communities across the NT.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 10, 2024
Breaking: Darlngunaya Community into second day with no water supply

A remote Indigenous community in the Fitzroy Valley, in WA's far north, has gone into day two of having no water supply, locals say. Resident Natalie Davey said on Monday that the situation had been r...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 5, 2024
Potentially deadly amoeba and bacteria found in remote Aboriginal community's water supply

Western Australia's state-owned water supplier failed to properly notify a remote Aboriginal community that potentially deadly amoeba and bacteria had been detected in their system, local Indigenous l...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 18, 2024
Wangkatjungka Community sounds alarm over water quality

Residents of Wangkatjungka community, 130km south-east of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia's Kimberley region, have taken to social media to raise concerns about the quality of the drinking water...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 23, 2023
Pilbara's Kiwirrkurra community endures poor infrastructure and no running water for three years

The Pintupi people of the Kiwirrkurra community, a shire in eastern Pilbara in Western Australia, have not had access to clean running water, a basic human right, for three years.

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Jess Whaler Sep 20, 2023
Laramba Water Treatment Plant officially opens after long campaign for clean water

Water quality in a Central Australian community has improved following the installation of a long-awaited water treatment plant. The Laramba Water Treatment Plant was officially opened on Wednesday, w...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 27, 2023
Wadawurrung artist's work symbolises care for Country and importance of water

An emerging Indigenous artist has been given the opportunity to have his artwork showcased at Deakin University's new manufacturing hub. The ManuFutures hub serves as a meeting, working and training s...

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Rhiannon Clarke Feb 2, 2023
14 years after discovering elevated uranium levels in their tap water, Laramba residents welcome new treatment plant

The Northern Territory government has hailed the completion of a long-awaited water treatment plant at Laramba community in Central Australia.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 26, 2022
Calls for clean water continue

The Western Australian government is under pressure to ensure remote Aboriginal communities have access to clean drinking water. WA Shadow Minister for Water James Hayward has called on the Labor gove...

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