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Debate over the Voice to Parliament runs hot in WA's Kimberley region

Aboriginal people who make up 41 per cent of a remote WA region's population have differing views about what the Voice to Parliament could look like.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2023

'We haven't got anybody': new research reveals how major parties are dying in remote Australia

On the eve of the 2019 federal election, a Labor Party politician made a panicked phone call to someone they knew in Kununurra, a remote town of over 5,000 people in Western Australia. As the person later recalled to us during an interview for our research, the conversation went something…

The Conversation · Apr 4, 2023

Drug dealing couple woken by officers raiding their Kimberley property

Police officers were carrying out a pre-planned warrant after receiving intelligence about drug dealing.

Nottingham Post · Apr 3, 2023

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Royal Flying Doctor Service plugs gaps in Kimberley's flood-destroyed road network

Since being on the frontline of the WA's January flood disaster it's been a busy few months for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and it isn't slowing down for crews yet.

ABC News · Apr 1, 2023

West Australian child dies from Murray Valley encephalitis

A child from the West Kimberley dies from Murray Valley encephalitis, a rare mosquito-borne infection.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2023

Inside new Nottingham hair salon with sit-in cars and TV screens playing children’s shows

It is set to open on April 4

Nottingham Post · Mar 30, 2023

Kimberley student attendance drops again as 95 per cent of public schools record significant falls

Just one in four students in Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing are regularly attending school, with other communities recording similar falls since 2020.

ABC News · Mar 23, 2023

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Kimberley national park closures due to flood damage leave tourism operators high and dry

January's record-breaking floods destroyed key infrastructure and washed away significant portions of one of the Kimberley's most visited destinations.

ABC News · Mar 20, 2023

Owners behind Disney-themed hair salon plan to open second site in Nottinghamshire

And excitement is building ahead of the opening

Nottingham Post · Mar 19, 2023

Kimberley youth take to TikTok to fight juvenile crime trends by teaching kids about the law

While the TikTok has drawn anger for glamorising youth crime, these young Kimberley leaders are using it to create change by educating their peers about the legal system.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2023

Luxury catamaran runs aground off Jurien Bay ahead of Kimberley tourist season

A luxury 12-passenger boat heading to the Kimberley to take tourists on thousand-dollar tours off northern Western Australia has run aground at Jurien Bay Marine Park.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2023

Broome renters scramble to source housing as busy tourist season draws closer

With limited vacancies, renters in the Kimberley desperate for housing are turning to unorthodox options.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2023

Australian Defence Force to help re-supply East Kimberley amid food shortage due to NT flooding

Roads closed by flooding in the NT have prevented fresh food deliveries to the region for days, leaving locals to "get what you can, and hope for the best".

ABC News · Mar 8, 2023

Drownings in flooded Fitzroy River spark warning

Two people have drowned in recent weeks while trying to swim across the Fitzroy River after once-in-a-century floods in Western Australia's north.

AAP · Mar 2, 2023

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ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

Police find body of 20-year-old man who went missing in the Fitzroy River

The body of a 20-year-old man has been found after he went missing in the Fitzroy River on Sunday, while two other groups of people who went missing near Kununurra have been rescued.

ABC News · Feb 25, 2023

Rent increases by almost 50 per cent in Kimberley town as housing crisis deepens in Western Australia

Kununurra's median rental price is now $635 per week. Broome, meanwhile, has seen prices rise by almost 40 per cent.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

Elderly living in overcrowded housing as Warmun aged care facility sits empty

It has been nearly a decade since the Warmun aged care facility was built in outback WA for residents wanting to stay on country, but it's sitting vacant as the WA government decides what to do.

AAP · Feb 23, 2023

Freight subsidy for WA's flood-ravaged north

Kimberley businesses affected by Western Australia's once-in-a-century-flooding in January will be eligible for more than $40 million in freight subsidies.

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ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

Halls Creek truancy crisis whistleblower Brock Burston prepares to fight Education Department punishment

The long-running saga involving education worker Brock Burston will now go before WA's industrial umpire, in a case which continues to highlight desperately low school attendance rates in the Kimberley town of Halls Creek.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2023

ADF personnel leave Kimberley flood zone as weary homeowners continue to rebuild

As the military winds down its relief operations, residents in the flood-devastated Fitzroy Valley wonder when support funds will be made available.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023

Kimberley families still in limbo almost a year after Youpla funeral insurance collapse

Indigenous Kimberley residents impacted by funeral insurance fund Youpla going into administration are continuing their fight for compensation.

ABC News · Feb 12, 2023

Kimberley flood damage takes heavy toll on cattlemen, abattoir workers and freight companies

As one-in-one-hundred-year floodwaters in the north of WA recede, the full extent of the damage and physical and emotional impacts on northern industries are being laid bare.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

WA cattle industry considers shipping cattle across the Kimberley to address road woes

With 90 per cent of its cattle supply cut off by flood-damaged roads, Kimberley Meat Company is thinking outside the box.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

Kimberley shires demand simpler disaster road funding process as flood costs loom

Kimberley shires say "overly burdensome" bureaucratic hurdles are holding up crucial funds to repair flood-damaged outback roads used by pastoral stations and Indigenous communities.

ABC News · Feb 5, 2023

East Kimberley Football League asked to split into northern, southern divisions to improve player safety

Players in the East Kimberley Football League travel staggering distances to play each other, but a proposal to split the league in half to improve player safety and women's participation is gaining traction.

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