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Wi-Fi rollout narrows digital gap experienced by First Nations communities
A new scheme is aiming to narrow the digital gap experienced by many First Natio...
Callan Morse 21 Feb 2026
New round of emergency financial assistance opens for Kimberley flood victims
Applications are now open for the Western Australian government's $1,000 payment...
Giovanni Torre 14 Mar 2023
Aboriginal Community Navigators appointed in wake of devastating Kimberley floods
Western Australia's Department of Fire and Emergency Services has appointed Comm...
Giovanni Torre 17 Feb 2023
Fitzroy Valley Indigenous organisations stand united in the face of flood disaster
An alliance of Indigenous-led organisations has been working tirelessly to deliv...
Giovanni Torre 23 Jan 2023
WA Govt sets mutli-million dollar global challenge to find health fixes for remote Pilbara communities
The West Australian government has announced a global challenge in hopes to impr...
Emma Ruben 3 Nov 2022
Stephen Dawson booted from Western Australian Aboriginal Affairs portfolio

Questions have arisen about Western Australia's Aboriginal Affairs Department after Minister Stephen Dawson was stripped of the portfolio only days after the controversial cultural heritage bill was p...

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NIT Dec 21, 2021
The wait for WA Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill continues

The long wait for the Western Australian government's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill continued this week, with no notice appearing in the Legislative Assembly's agenda Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 10, 2021
Perth protests Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill

Perth streets flooded with protestors standing in solidarity against the West Australian Government's draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill.

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NIT Oct 26, 2021
WA Government accused of holding "private presentations" of draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill

Allegations have come to light accusing the West Australian state government of hosting private presentations of the draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill.

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NIT Oct 22, 2021
Hundreds protest WA's proposed Aboriginal cultural heritage laws

About 500 people gathered on the steps of Western Australia's Parliament House Thursday morning to support Traditional Owners from across the State as they protested the WA's draft Aboriginal cultural...

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NIT Aug 20, 2021
Dawson falls short on Aboriginal cultural heritage

On 18 August, the State Labor Government announced $11 million in support of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2021. But bizarrely, about $1 million of it is earmarked for the Department of Premie...

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Guest Author Aug 19, 2021
Traditional Owners gear up to march for heritage

Traditional Owners will march on Parliament House on Thursday to deliver a message stick to Premier Mark McGowan calling for meaningful protections for Aboriginal heritage in Western Australia.

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NIT Aug 18, 2021
Noongar Nation sees first land transfers from settlement

The largest Native Title settlement in Australian history is one step closer to completion after the Western Australian Government and Noongar Elders signed off on the first transfers of land back to...

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NIT Jul 16, 2021
'Minister should not control cultural heritage,' says KLC Chair

Traditional Owners in Western Australia have said Aboriginal Affairs Minister Stephen Dawson "isn't listening" to grave concerns about draft Aboriginal heritage laws.

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NIT Jul 12, 2021
WA Government cultural heritage grants labelled tokenistic

A Western Australian Government cultural heritage grants program that purports to create jobs and build skills has been labelled too small to make any significant protections of the state's Aboriginal...

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NIT Jun 16, 2021
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