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Indigenous leader who runs social programs wants tougher consequences for parents of young offenders

An Indigenous organisation head who signed a joint letter to WA's leaders highlighting Kununurra's youth crime crisis wants child protection workers to come down harder on parents of children who roam the streets at night.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Indigenous fashion showed off in Kununurra amid big dreams for emerging scene

Indigenous artists in Western Australia's East Kimberley talk up the future potential of fashion design, as young people explore new ways of expressing one of the oldest cultures on earth.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Halls Creek uses BMX track, new sports facilities in plan to drive down youth crime

Halls Creek is battling entrenched social issues but leaders say children are flocking to use a new BMX pump track, seen as just the beginning of plans to make the town more liveable.

ABC News · May 15, 2023

Calls for state government, Coles to learn from 'shortcomings' after Kununurra food crisis

An outback shire president has called on his state government and Coles to learn from "shortcomings" in their response to a food crisis earlier this month.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2023

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

Premier Mark McGowan has blamed a supermarket giant for a lack of promised fresh food sent on a military plane to the flood-isolated East Kimberley.

ABC News · Mar 9, 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

Flooding in remote NT cuts off rail line and roads, limiting food supplies in WA's Kimberley and sparking freight concerns

Severe flooding is threatening fresh food supplies for people living in Australia's north, with rising floodwaters cutting key road and rail links over the weekend.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023

Flooding in Kalumburu, Wyndham and Kununurra causes road closures, disrupts supply of goods

The only sealed road into the the region is now closed in both directions, as residents deal with wild weather and empty supermarket shelves.

ABC News · Feb 28, 2023

WA Education Minister Sue Ellery apologises to Halls Creek residents over botched truancy plans

A report tabled in parliament on the plans found there were "multiple points of failure" in the Education Department's efforts to get students back to school in the remote Kimberley town of Halls Creek.

ABC News · Aug 18, 2022

Halls Creek school attendance plans spark resident demand for meetings

The WA government is investigating allegations attendance plans at Halls Creek were botched. Frustrated families say meaningful face-to-face meetings are the only way forward.

ABC News · Jul 25, 2022