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Connecting to Country grants support 23 projects across WA
Twenty-three projects across Western Australia will share more than $500,000 thr...
Jackson Clark 23 Aug 2026
Remote town’s Night Space supports youth, community safety
A youth night space has begun operating in Kununurra this week to provide a safe...
Callan Morse 21 Aug 2026
Free family history information sessions coming to East Kimberley
Aboriginal communities across the East Kimberley will have the opportunity to ex...
Giovanni Torre 20 Aug 2026
Remote Aboriginal community receives water quality green light
A supply of drinking water is now available in the Fitzroy Valley community of K...
Callan Morse 19 Aug 2026
WA's Rheumatic Heart Disease Strategic Framework aims to drive change
The Western Australian Government a new strategic framework which sets out a sha...
Giovanni Torre 14 Aug 2026
The by-election that ended a century of control over Aboriginal lives

Alan Ridge, the parliamentarian who represented Australia's remote northwest as enormous political change swept across its pastoral stations and the nation, passed away earlier this year at the age of...

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Ben Wyatt Aug 13, 2026
Main Roads hits $1.1B Indigenous procurement target across WA's entire transport portfolio

Key points The $700 million target that made Main Roads nervous, and what the Director General said about shooting past it to $1.1B.  One hired truck, two guys and a shovel: how Benang won the contr...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 12, 2026
New program strengthens Indigenous psychology workforce

The Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA) has officially launched a landmark new program that will strengthen pathways into the psychology profession for Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 11, 2026
Woman cleared of Cassius Turvey's murder back in court

A woman acquitted of a Cassius Turvey's murder but convicted of abducting and assaulting other boys is back in court for breaching her suspended sentence.

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Aaron Bunch (AAP) Aug 10, 2026
'Indigenous equity is self-determination': IBA flags $100 billion in First Nations capital demand as it builds new major projects arm

First Nations communities, businesses and families will demand more than $100 billion in capital over the next five years, Indigenous Business Australia chief executive David Knights told the Developi...

Reece Harley Reece Harley Aug 6, 2026
BHP partnership delivers $1 million boost to Pilbara schools

Thousands of students across Western Australia's Pilbara, including a significant number of Indigenous students, will soon have access to improved learning and play spaces through a partnership betwee...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 4, 2026
WA Premier apologises after failure to engage with Traditional Owner group on major announcement

WA Premier Roger Cook has apologised to the Ngarluma people after the state government did not invite representatives of the Traditional Owners to a major event on their Country.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 3, 2026
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 Halls Creek children when the Jungarni-Jutiya Indigenous Corporation (JJIC) asked what they wanted from the town's new Ni...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Aug 3, 2026
Mid-West Aboriginal organisations receive funding to protect WA cultural sites

Aboriginal organisations in Western Australia's Mid-West and Gascoyne regions have received more than $107,000 to protect cultural heritage sites and strengthen connections to Country.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Aug 3, 2026
Gnaala Karla Booja Aboriginal Corporation, Accordwest formalise partnership to support South West communities

Gnaala Karla Booja Aboriginal Corporation and Accordwest have signed a Memorandum of Understanding the two organisations say strengthen their shared commitment to improving housing, social and economi...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 3, 2026
Consultation opens on proposed changes to WA's Aboriginal Lands Trust

The Western Australian government is inviting Aboriginal people, stakeholders and the wider community to have their say on proposed changes the government says will "make it easier for Aboriginal Land...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 3, 2026
Police intercept alleged outlaw motorcycle gang members heading towards Kimberley

WA Police intercepted seven alleged outlaw motorcycle gang members en route to Western Australia's Kimberley and issued each a dispersal notice.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 31, 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
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