Esperance Nyungar people have native title recognised after 18 year wait
On Friday the Federal Court formally acknowledged the Esperance Nyungar peoples' native title claim over a 29,000 square kilometre area in the southern Goldfields.
View ArticleMP keen for Boulder camp overcrowding fix
The Member for Kalgoorlie, Wendy Duncan, says she is hoping a solution to a lack of short-term accommodation for Indigenous people in Kalgoorlie-Boulder will soon be addressed.
View ArticlePetition fights to free jailed intellectually impaired woman
A petition calling for the release of an intellectually disabled woman from a Kalgoorlie prison has been taken to the federal Indigenous Affairs Minister.
View ArticleIndigenous communities sign up to Housing Management Agreements
Almost 50 Western Australian Aboriginal communities have signed up to a new housing management plan, which brings them into line with mainstream public housing tenancy arrangements.
View ArticleJudge finds native title issues invalidate certain Goldfields' mining tenements
A Federal Court judge has found a number of mining tenements in the WA Goldfields are invalid because they affect native title rights.
View ArticleIndigenous homelessness rate falls in WA
The percentage of homeless Indigenous people in Western Australia has declined significantly but the state still has one of the nation's highest rates.
View ArticleScience more than "just physics and chemistry" for Esperance students
Two students from Esperance have flouted traditional school holiday activities by attending an Indigenous Science Camp in Perth.
View ArticleWA finalists vie for Indigenous Governance Awards
Judges are visiting WA's Kimberley and Goldfields assessing Aboriginal corporations for the Indigenous Governance Awards.
View ArticleNew Aboriginal health funding rules discriminatory: Aboriginal Health Council...
New Federal Government funding guidelines for Indigenous health organisations are discriminatory, the Aboriginal Health Council of WA says.
View ArticlePoor public showing at constitutional recognition forum
Few were aware of a forum held in Boulder to discuss constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders on Tuesday, according to a Goldfields Land and Sea Council representative.
View ArticleAboriginal youth incarceration rates: 'Reach out to communities', Kimberley...
A Western Australian MP has made an impassioned plea for the Government to try and bring down Aboriginal youth incarceration rates in the state.
View ArticleWongutha CAPS celebrates 60 years
Wongutha Christian Parent-directed School opened in the 1950s as a mission training farm aimed at educating young Aboriginal men in agricultural work.
View ArticleVacancies for Aboriginal education assistants mean kids missing out: WA...
The Western Australian Opposition says it is outraged that dozens of Aboriginal teaching assistant jobs remain vacant a year after more than 100 of the positions were cut.
View ArticleGoldfields' Ngadju people await formal recognition of native title claim
The Ngadju people, from the WA Goldfields, are set to have their native title claim formally recognised this month.
View ArticleWA's PGA head Tony Seabrook backs closure of remote Aboriginal communities
The head of the Pastoralists and Graziers' Association backs the possible closure of remote Aboriginal communities, describing residents' circumstances as "miserable".
View ArticleWood from the Tanker Jetty finds new life as art in Esperance
The six Noongar seasons will be displayed on glass panels embedded in wood taken from the Tanker Jetty as part of a new project by artist Bevan Thompson.
View ArticleProbe continues into whether Mount Margaret mining breached Aboriginal...
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs says its investigation into a potential breach of the Aboriginal Heritage Act in the northern Goldfields should be completed in January.
View ArticleTwo native title claim groups vote in favour of billion-dollar settlement
Two native title claim groups vote in favour of a $1.3 billion settlement offer covering parts of Western Australia's South West.
View ArticleNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey to gauge WA...
Researchers will be on the ground in regional Western Australia over the coming weeks, putting together a snapshot of the lifestyles and views of Aboriginal Australians.
View ArticleBoulder Camp conditions a disgrace says Goldfields Land and Sea Council
The Goldfields Land and Sea Council in WA says conditions at a short stay facility for Aboriginal visitors to Boulder are appalling and need to be better managed.
View ArticleConditions at Boulder Camp spark closure calls from Kalgoorlie MP Wendy Duncan
Kalgoorlie MP Wendy Duncan says the Boulder Camp should be closed and a Western Australian Government run short-stay facility in the town expanded.
View ArticlePrime Minister Tony Abbott visits Kalgoorlie-Boulder amid calls to address...
The Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is hopeful the Prime Minister will address major community concerns about the potential closure of hundreds of Aboriginal communities in...
View ArticleMP Jacqui Boydell's idea for hunting to help WA Indigenous communities...
A West Australian MP is criticised for suggesting hunting could provide economic benefits to remote Indigenous communities at risk of closing.
View ArticleUrgent consultation needed over closure of remote communities, causing more...
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says the WA Government's failure to consult about the proposed closure of some remote communities is causing more angst than the Prime Minister's...
View ArticleTony Abbott a 'disgrace', says Federal Opposition after comments that living...
The Prime Minister backs a WA Government proposal to close a number of remote Indigenous communities, saying it is not the taxpayer's job to subsidise "lifestyle choices", prompting a backlash from...
View ArticleDiscovering the land and its people through Noongar placenames
Scholar and Australian Research Council Chief Investigator, Professor Len Collard, has launched a website capturing the true meaning behind Noongar placenames in the South West.
View ArticleAsbestos audit of Aboriginal community houses to be part of broader review of...
Western Australia's Minister for Housing has assured Aboriginal communities concerned about asbestos buildings that an audit will get underway soon.
View ArticleAboriginal people to be consulted on remote community closures: WA Government
Aboriginal people will be consulted on changes to service delivery in remote communities, the WA Government says, under plans it expects to result in the closure of less viable settlements but better...
View ArticleAnger over plans for future of remote Aboriginal communities in WA
The Kimberley Land Council says the WA Government's plan to consult remote Aboriginal communities about services and closure plans is "a blatant PR and marketing exercise".
View ArticleMid-west, Goldfields' Indigenous communities await WA Government's advisory...
The Minister for Child Protection says remote Indigenous communities in Western Australia's mid-west and Goldfields will eventually have advisory councils to guide them through reforms of services and...
View ArticleAboriginal community relations officer program could be rolled out across WA:...
Western Australia's Police Minister backs calls for a trial of new Aboriginal police relations officers to be extended around the state.
View ArticleEarly learning scheme to expand across regional WA with hopes of better...
A federal MP says the expansion of an early learning program will help reduce educational disparity for Indigenous families in regional Western Australia.
View ArticlePatient Assisted Travel Scheme inquiry: MP wants all recommendations adopted...
The Labor Member for Mining and Pastoral, Stephen Dawson, is calling on the State Government to accept all 21 recommendations from an inquiry into Western Australia's Patient Assisted Travel Scheme.
View ArticleDedicating a career to Indigenous wellbeing
From beauty queen to cultural teacher to Native Title chaser, Gail Reynolds Adamson has dedicated her career to improving the lives of those in her community.
View ArticlePersonal experience shared to break the crisis cycle for Esperance homeless
An Esperance crisis accommodation service has opened its doors to the public as part of Homeless Prevention Week. To build understanding of homelessness in the Esperance region, people like Kelly and...
View ArticleAxed WA Goldfields' healthcare workers offered hope of re-employment
The Member for O'Connor, Rick Wilson, says every effort is being made to ensure nine Aboriginal women who lost their jobs at a WA Goldfields' healthcare service receive their appropriate entitlements.
View ArticleNew discoveries reveal great length of Esperance's Indigenous history
Aboriginal artefacts have been discovered near Esperance that reveal more information about the history of settlement and the region's Indigenous heritage.
View ArticleIndigenous communities at risk of funeral rip-off scams, Consumer Protection...
Unscrupulous funeral companies are targeting Aboriginal communities with plans which include unfair conditions and unnecessary costs, WA's consumer watchdog warns.
View ArticleSouth-west Native Title deal introduced to WA Parliament as Noongar leaders...
Noongar people are formally recognised as the traditional owners of Western Australia's south-west in a bill introduced to State Parliament.
View ArticleAustralia Day honours: Leonora Aboriginal leader receives award for child...
An Aboriginal leader from Leonora receives a Member of the Order of Australia for her work in child ear health and language preservation.
View ArticleWA government to proceed with controversial changes to Aboriginal heritage...
The West Australian Government intends to proceed with controversial changes to Aboriginal heritage legislation, despite progress on the bill stalling for so long that it dropped off the list...
View ArticleDemolition of Tanker Jetty to remove 'symbol of sadness' for Esperance...
Indigenous Elder Doc Reynolds says the jetty is a symbol of the historic policies of segregation.
View ArticleSorry Day meaningless without action says death in custody victim's grandmother
The grandmother of a 22-year-old Aboriginal woman who died in custody has called on governments and politicians around the country to have some follow-through with their apologies ahead of National...
View ArticleAustralia's first Aboriginal grower group established in Western Australia
Australia's first Aboriginal grower group has been officially established by DAFWA.
View ArticleRegional WA communities push for trial of Federal Government's cashless...
Regional communities across WA push for trials of the Federal Government's cashless welfare card.
View ArticleGrey nomads converge on outback Central Australia on the hunt for gemstones
The onset of winter prompts travellers from across the country to converge north of Alice Springs on the hunt for garnets and zircon.
View ArticleFocus on language and culture key to remote school's success
Using Aboriginal language and culture as the central point of their curriculum, Wiluna Remote Community School are finalists in the WA Education Awards for their work in Indigenous education, a...
View ArticleRegional Aboriginal education staff to be cut in WA department restructure
The WA Education Department will abolish all but one Aboriginal education role from its regional offices as part of a broader restructure, leaving a single position based in the Kimberley.
View ArticleMentally impaired teen accused of sexually assaulting multiple women released...
A teenage boy accused of committing multiple sex assaults from the age of 13, including molesting a six-year-old girl while on bail, is released into his community on the advice of psychologists.
View ArticleMartu students fly 1,500km to boarding school for valuable vocational education
A remote community in Western Australia equips students for the future through an independent teaching program at home, and by sending senior students to a boarding school 1,500km away for vocational...
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