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Lack of fresh food on Kimberley supply flight Coles' fault, government says, after days of empty shelves

An RAAF supply plane after landing at Kununurra Airport on Thursday afternoon. (ABC Kimberley: Ted O'Connor)

The Western Australian government has blamed supermarket giant Coles after plans to bring fresh food to the flood-isolated East Kimberley on a military plane failed to materialise.

The first of two Australian Defence Force aircraft touched down in Kununurra this afternoon with dry goods only.

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