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Indigenous ranger groups call for funding boost as costs rise
Key points: Rising costs are making the work of Indigenous rangers more difficul...
Natasha Clark 12 Jun 2026
Kimberley ranger groups secure slice of new Aboriginal Ranger Program funding
Kimberley Aboriginal ranger groups are among 34 organisations across regional WA...
Natasha Clark 9 Jun 2026
Kimberley ranger remembered for lifetime of service to Country
The Kimberley Land Council and Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation are honouring th...
Natasha Clark 5 Jun 2026
Yawuru celebrate 20 years since native title recognition in Rubibi / Broome
"We always knew who we were, and we didn't need the court to tell us that," form...
Natasha Clark 29 Apr 2026
Traditional Owners 'underwhelmed' by WA government’s plan for managing Fitzroy River catchment and Derby Peninsula
The Kimberley Land Council and Traditional Owner Water Working Group say they ar...
Giovanni Torre 1 Apr 2026
Closing the Gap needs momentum - Kimberley communities are already building it

The national conversation around Closing the Gap often focuses on what isn't working. The latest data tells a troubling story: only four of the 19 national targets are currently on track.

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Tyronne Garstone Mar 19, 2026
Kimberley Land Council opens new East Kimberley office honouring regional leaders

The Kimberley Land Council has opened a new office in Kununurra in Western Australia's East Kimberley, almost four decades after the organisation established its first base in the town in 1986.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 12, 2026
Kimberley rangers help shape future of Indigenous fire and carbon sector

More than 50 Indigenous land and sea management representatives from the Kimberley travelled to Darwin this week to attend the North Australia Savanna Fire Forum and National Indigenous Carbon Forum...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 4, 2026
Darrajayin declared WA’s first Aboriginal Protected Area in nearly 30 years

Western Australia has declared its first Aboriginal heritage Protected Area in almost 30 years, placing Darrajayin on Malarngowem Country under the strongest cultural protections available in the stat...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Feb 20, 2026
If Australia is serious about healing, we must start with truth

"Although we come from different languages, different ways of living, different tribal dances, different dreamtimes, we may all know that if we need help, truly, all people are going to help.

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Tyronne Garstone Jan 23, 2026
Dozens rally in Broome against fracking proposal near Martuwarra Fitzroy River

"Devastating."That's how Yawuru/Djukun woman Janet Puertollano described the impact she believes the proposed Valhalla fracking project would have on the Martuwarra Fitzroy River in Western Australia'...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 23, 2026
Indigenous rangers gather in Kimberley as land management network reaches record scale

More than 200 Aboriginal rangers from across northern Western Australia gathered in Broome recently for what organisers say is the largest-ever meeting of the Kimberley Ranger Network.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Dec 22, 2025
Bardi Jawi Oorany Rangers share restoration knowledge at national biodiversity conference

Two Bardi Jawi Oorany Rangers from the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia's Kimberley region have presented their Indigenous-led restoration work to hundreds of delegates at a national biodiversit...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Nov 26, 2025
Kimberley Land Council and Native Title groups lead national test case on right to negotiate and expedited procedure

The Kimberley Land Council, together with Malarngowem Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC, Yanunijarra Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC, and Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC, has lodged an appeal to the Fu...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 20, 2025
Indigenous Rangers lead the way to protect Kimberley coast at largest-ever ISWAG Forum

Indigenous Rangers are leading the charge to protect Australia's far north coastline, as record numbers of Traditional Owners gathered in Broome this week for the largest-ever Indigenous Saltwater Adv...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 12, 2025
Indigenous fire management recognised at National Landcare Awards

The Dampier Peninsula Fire Working Group has been recognised with the 2025 First Nations Landcare Collaboration Award at the National Landcare Awards, held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 24, 2025
Kimberley Indigenous Energy Affordability Workshop brings together experts and communities

The University of Notre Dame Australia has brought together researchers to tackle energy affordability in remote Indigenous communities by driving efforts to transition them to renewable energy.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 24, 2025
Ngumpan Statement demands action on water, heritage and fracking in WA

Aboriginal leaders in the Kimberley recently issued the Ngumpan Statement - a declaration marking 40 years of law, language and culture, calling on governments to protect Country, culture and water.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 22, 2025
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