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An innovative Elders partnership launched in the Pilbara
Nearly 100 community members gathered at the Ieramugadu (Roebourne) basketball c...
Giovanni Torre 1 Dec 2025
Fifty years on, Ieramugadu community continues the struggle for a better world
Warning: this story may contain images of people who have passed. While much of...
Giovanni Torre 12 Nov 2025
Ready to harvest: Community garden to grow collaboration, food security
A funding boost over the next three years will help boost food security and crea...
David Prestipino 4 Sep 2025
Exclusive: Veteran Pilbara artist Allery Sandy heads to London exhibition on her first flight overseas
Yinjibarndi artist and Elder Allery Sandy is about to go overseas for the first...
David Prestipino 8 Jul 2025
Roebourne District High School redevelopments brings fresh opportunities for Pilbara students
Roebourne District High School is about to unveil the first stage of its much-an...
Rhiannon Clarke 15 Jan 2025
Roebourne Regional Prison cells still without air-conditioning in extreme heat

Inmates in Roebourne regional prison are still in cells without air conditioning in extreme heat, the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA said on Monday.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 5, 2024
'Inhumane conditions' : Calls to immediately put air-conditioning in Alice Springs prison due to extreme heat

The Northern Territory government has been urged to address "inhumane" conditions at Alice Springs Correctional Centre (ASCC) in the wake of an attempted escape by fifteen prisoners on Boxing Day.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 4, 2024
Family renew call for help to find Indigenous man missing for one year

On the one-year anniversary of his disappearance, the family of Indigenous man Clinton Lockyer, and the WA Police Missing Persons Team, have renewed their appeal for help.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 31, 2023
Ocean the inspirational catch for Pilbara artist Wendy Warrie

When First Nations people were forced to move to Roebourne in 1975, a group of Elders decided they would camp in the old wool shed buildings of Mt Welcome Station just south of the problem-riddled tow...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Oct 17, 2023
Advocates call for cooling Alice Springs Correctional Centre as part of a just transition

Jesuit Social Services has called for immediate air-conditioning of Alice Springs Correctional Centre to address climate change impacts on incarcerated individuals.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 1, 2023
Local First Nations partnership provides services and training to Pilbara community

The First Nations community of Ieramugadu (Roebourne) has been empowered to overcome social and economic barriers through a longstanding partnership between Sodexo Australia and the Ngarluma and Yindj...

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David Prestipino Jul 6, 2023
Songs For Freedom album and concert tour urges an end to incarceration of Indigenous youth

Leading arts and social change organisation Big hART and The Freedom Collective launched a new album, Songs for Freedom, on Friday, featuring music by Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi artists in Roebourne WA...

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Rhiannon Clarke Feb 19, 2023
Report from major international rights group condemns high rate of Indigenous incarceration and deaths in custody in Australia

A major international human rights group has slammed Australian governments, state and federal, for their failure to uphold the rights of First Nations people in its 2023 World Report.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 13, 2023
Opinion: Minister is missing when needed most

Dr Tony Buti might be the most accomplished member of the Western Australian parliament. He's studied at the University of Western Australia, the Australian National University, Oxford, and Yale.

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Zak Kirkup Jan 11, 2023
Record employment and training results for Roebourne community through Aboriginal-led program

The Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi Foundation Ltd (NYFL) has achieved record employment and training results for the Ieramagadu/Roebourne community in 2022.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 24, 2022
Health services "unfit", prisoners waiting in an outdoor cage, air conditioning delayed until 2024 - new report exposes Roebourne Prison

The latest inspection of Roebourne Regional Prison has raised concerns about "chronic" staff shortages, the long delay in installing air conditioning, and "unfit" health services - including prisoners...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 22, 2022
Opinion: Government delay can have grave consequences

We're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy, for it seems the WA government has a heart, if only momentarily. The real question now though is, much like the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, does our government h...

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Zak Kirkup Dec 2, 2022
Air conditioning to be expanded in Roebourne Regional Prison

After months of insisting their windsails were sufficient, the Western Australian government has agreed to fund a $10 million air-conditioning expansion at Roebourne Regional Prison to include all cel...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Nov 24, 2022
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