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EXCLUSIVE: Halls Creek Night Space linked to fall in youth crime, but youngest children miss out
No fighting, more kindness, and McDonald's. These were among the requests from H...
Natasha Clark 3 Aug 2026
Mid-West Aboriginal organisations receive funding to protect WA cultural sites
Aboriginal organisations in Western Australia's Mid-West and Gascoyne regions ha...
Jackson Clark 3 Aug 2026
Gnaala Karla Booja Aboriginal Corporation, Accordwest formalise partnership to support South West communities
Gnaala Karla Booja Aboriginal Corporation and Accordwest have signed a Memorandu...
Giovanni Torre 3 Aug 2026
Consultation opens on proposed changes to WA's Aboriginal Lands Trust
The Western Australian government is inviting Aboriginal people, stakeholders an...
Giovanni Torre 3 Aug 2026
Police intercept alleged outlaw motorcycle gang members heading towards Kimberley
WA Police intercepted seven alleged outlaw motorcycle gang members en route to W...
Natasha Clark 31 Jul 2026
Homegrown Bidgy Fest brings a world of music to remote community

Malanga Elder MJ Jadai sits in a garden outside an art centre in Bidyadanga, a remote Aboriginal community 200 kilometres south of Broome, as women swap brightly coloured clothes and children debate w...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 30, 2026
Kalumburu students’ boab artwork to feature in new book

Students in Kalumburu, a remote East Kimberley community, are shaping a new book drawn from local stories and the towering presence of one of the town's largest boab trees.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 30, 2026
Shooting for the stars: Old Ways New Ways netball team shines on and off the court

The Old Ways New Ways program has had a remarkable impact on the lives of young Indigenous people in WA, and this month achieved an important new milestone.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 23, 2026
Traditional Owners secure Nganjuwarr consent determination in East Kimberley

Traditional Owners have secured formal recognition of their rights across 961 square kilometres of rugged East Kimberley country in Western Australia, under the Nganjuwarr consent determination.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 23, 2026
Social media stir over use of traditional place name

When an ally calls a place by its traditional name, why does it tie some people up in knots? Operating respectfully on Wadandi Boodja since 2007 is at the bottom of every email sent by Margaret River...

Dianne Bortoletto Dianne Bortoletto Jul 15, 2026
Indigenous MP overlooked as ex-staffer lands cabinet post

An Indigenous Labor politician has been overlooked for a state cabinet position in favour of former premier Mark McGowan's right-hand man. First-term Western Australian MP Daniel Pastorelli, 38, was p...

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Aaron Bunch (AAP) Jul 11, 2026
Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre marks NAIDOC Week with night market

Dozens gathered in the garden of Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre in Fitzroy Crossing, a remote Kimberley town, as dusk fell for a NAIDOC Week night market and open mic.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 9, 2026
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 from the red pindan, as boys from Fitzroy Crossing, a regional town in WA's Kimberley region, watch his every move.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 9, 2026
Kimberley Aboriginal women are set to take their case to the United Nations in Geneva

A delegation of Aboriginal women from Western Australia's Kimberley region is travelling to Geneva on Wednesday, determined to champion the rights of Indigenous women and girls on the world stage.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 8, 2026
Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre welcomes court reopening but warns of impact on remote families

Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, based in Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia's Kimberley region, has welcomed the announcement regional court sittings will resume almost a month earlier th...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 7, 2026
WA Corrective Services minister set to quit politics

The minister responsible for Western Australia's beleaguered prison system is set to resign from politics this week. Paul Papalia has served as Minister for Corrective Services since June 2023, after...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 6, 2026
Kimberley MLA praises police after major drug bust

Broome detectives have received praise from Kimberley MLA Divina D'Anna after charging six people over an alleged drug trafficking attempt. On Wednesday, Ms D'Anna, a proud Yawuru woman, warned that d...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 1, 2026
Exclusive: Review launched after First Nations woman’s body left in Perth backyard for seven hours

The family of a First Nations woman left lying in a northern Boorloo/Perth backyard for seven hours after her sudden death says police failed to act with urgency.

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