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Pilbara Native Title organisations benefit from capacity building grants
Pilbara Native Title organisations are set to benefit from government grants to...
Phoebe Solon 12 Nov 2026
Exclusive: 'I'm prepared to give it to him straight' - Noongar Elder Robert Isaacs challenges WA Premier
Dr Robert Isaacs has fired back at suggestions from WA Premier Roger Cook that t...
Giovanni Torre 11 Nov 2026
New WA prisons report reveals 'worsening conditions across the system'
Western Australia's Inspector of Custodial Services has released an annual repor...
Giovanni Torre 11 Nov 2026
WA Opposition to launch petition calling for Aboriginal Affairs minister to resign
Western Australian Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas is set to launch a petition...
Giovanni Torre 8 Nov 2026
$42.5 million aged care home planned for Halls Creek Elders
Halls Creek is set to receive a new 40-bed aged care home, with a $42. 5 million...
Phoebe Solon 6 Nov 2026
Indigenous leaders and businesses celebrated at 2026 AEMEE Awards in Broome

Indigenous businesses, entrepreneurs and industry were recognised for their outstanding contributions to Australia's resources sector, as the 19th Annual Aboriginal Enterprises in Mining, Energy and E...

Phoebe Solon Phoebe Solon Nov 6, 2026
New Aboriginal-owned campground opens on Yued Noongar Country

An Aboriginal-owned property welcoming campers following the opening of Koora Boodja is the latest addition to Western Australia's Camping with Custodians program.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Nov 3, 2026
Exclusive: Winding-up application filed against company owned by WA Australian of the Year finalist

An Indigenous-owned Boorloo/Perth company has asked the WA Supreme Court to wind up Professor Michael Wear's Tidal Moon. Tidal Moon is Australia's first Indigenous-owned and led sea cucumber fishery a...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 28, 2026
Exclusive: 'Her children were her world' - Family seeks answers after death of young mother separated from her kids

This report contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died, references to self-harm, and details some readers may find distressing. Days after learning she would not have her children returned...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 27, 2026
New recruitment pathway to support Aboriginal nurses and midwives in WA

A new recruitment initiative has been introduced in Western Australia to help more Aboriginal nurses and midwives enter the public health workforce; the WA government's Aboriginal Application Pathway.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Oct 25, 2026
Grant for Koya Aboriginal Corporation to 'strengthen outcomes for children, young people and families' in WA

The Western Australian government has announced a half-million dollar investment in the strength, leadership and self-determination of Aboriginal community organisations.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 22, 2026
'We Win When We Yarn About Gambling' campaign launched in the Kimberley

Aboriginal communities across the Kimberley are being encouraged to yarn about gambling harm through a new community-led awareness campaign funded by the WA Government.

Phoebe Solon Phoebe Solon Oct 22, 2026
Indigenous teenage girl allegedly dragged from home by cops, chained to hospital bed

A shocking image showing a 16-year-old Noongar mother shackled to a hospital bed has prompted condemnation from her family and a national advocacy group, with WA Police maintaining officers acted with...

Phoebe Solon Phoebe Solon Oct 21, 2026
Inspector calls for 'fit-for-purpose' remand facility as women’s prison faces ‘significant and sustained pressure’

Western Australia's Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services has tabled its latest inspection report on Melaleuca Women's Prison, finding a prison "under significant and sustained pressure while...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 20, 2026
Leading legal figures continue push for inquest into murder of Pilbara children

This report includes the names of Indigenous people who have died. Two prominent Western Australian legal figures have continued to push the state government to hold an inquest into the murder of thre...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 15, 2026
Commissioner releases details of probe into child protection crisis in the Pilbara

Note: this report contains the names of people who have died. The National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, Sue-Anne Hunter, released the Terms of Refe...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 9, 2026
New collaboration aims to transform eye health of Indigenous Western Australians

A new collaboration is aiming to create a future where no Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person loses their sight from preventable or treatable causes.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Oct 6, 2026
Former WA Governor joins Malarndirri McCarthy in call for inquest into murder of three Aboriginal children

This story contains details some readers may find disturbing, and includes the names of people who have died. A former WA Governor and former WA Children's Court president have joined federal Minister...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 5, 2026
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