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Boomerangs, bush medicine and culture shared at KALACC this NAIDOC Week
Walmajarri man Terry Murray carefully lowers a large cut of beef into a pit dug...
Natasha Clark 9 Jul 2026
'A major game changer' - Laauwan Energy Solutions champions rooftop wind energy
First Nations entrepreneur Marliee Liddell hopes to change people's attitudes to...
Brendan Foster 1 Jul 2026
Diphtheria cases linked to West Kimberley prison as outbreak continues to affect regional WA
Two diphtheria cases have been linked to West Kimberley Regional Prison in Derby...
Natasha Clark 28 May 2026
Kimberley Song Muster to celebrate life, language and culture
After nine years of its award-winning Sound FX program, Tura - Culture Through S...
Giovanni Torre 26 Mar 2026
Mangarri Man: Magabala, the bush banana
When you google "magabala" it's highly likely your search engine directs you to...
Phil Docherty 25 Mar 2026
Fitzroy Valley community bands together to rescue Elder from floodwaters

Orange floodwaters surged against a white ute as the vehicle was swept across Six Mile Creek in the Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia's Central Kimberley.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 5, 2026
Inspector slams 'degraded' and 'unacceptable' Broome prison which 'fails to meet basic standards'

Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services, Eamon Ryan, has slammed Broome Regional Prison as "unfit for purpose", noting "unacceptable conditions that fail to meet basic standards" at the fa...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 21, 2026
EPA backs Kimberley fracking project despite Traditional Owner concerns

Kimberley Land Council chief executive Tyronne Garstone says the WA government must stop the Valhalla fracking proposal — a plan to drill up to 20 wells in the Canning Basin near Derby — d...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 20, 2026
Type 2 diabetes increasing in Aboriginal youth in Kimberley, study warns

"When I found out, I was 14 turning 15, I didn't really understand it so I didn't really listen."For one teenager from northern WA's Kimberley region, the reality of type 2 diabetes arrived early.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Sep 24, 2025
The Djarindjin Way: breaking free from the system strikes a chord at First Nations Housing and Homelessness Forum

Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Nathan McIvor's message to the First Nations Housing and Homelessness Forum held on Kaurna Country this week was clear: self-determination is the way...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 11, 2025
Traditional Owners and supporters urge WA government to expand fracking ban to the Kimberley

Several hundred people rallied outside WA Parliament in Boorloo on Tuesday with Traditional Owners, demanding the Cook government permanently ban fracking in the state's Kimberley region.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 10, 2025
Beauty of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River showcased at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

The natural and cultural values of the Kimberley's Martuwarra Fitzroy River was showcased to a Naarm audience recently, when powerful nature documentary Lifeblood premiered at the Melbourne Documentar...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 21, 2025
'The Paradisical World of Janet Dreamer' to bring work by the late Jaru artist to the whole nation

A new exhibition program will bring the work of late, and much-loved, East Kimberley Jaru painter Janet Dreamer to the whole country. Ms Dreamer, who passed in 2021, was known affectionately as "Dream...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 5, 2025
WA Museum announces world-first release of VR Kimberley experience

The Western Australian Museum is set to launch an extraordinary experience with the world premiere of The Great Kimberley Wilderness, a 35-minute virtual reality (VR) documentary that will take audien...

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Nov 12, 2024
Professor Juli Coffin honoured as 2024 Australian Mental Health Prize winner

Broome based Indigenous academic, Professor Juli Coffin, has been honoured among the 2024 Australian Mental Health Prize winners, awarded in the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander category announced...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 23, 2024
Families and supporters gather to call for action on missing loved ones in WA

More than one thousand people gathered outside WA Parliament on Tuesday to protest the ongoing inaction from authorities over missing young Indigenous people in the state's north.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 17, 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
Pilots killed in helicopter collision in Kimberley region

Two young pilots have been killed in a helicopter collision near Mount Anderson Station in Camballin, in Western Australia's Kimberley region. Police were notified of the crash about 6.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 25, 2024
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