NGAARA NEWS MONDAY THE 24TH OF OCTOBER 2022

Halls Creek’s Kimberley Hotel is getting an electric fence

MARBLE BAR TAKES AWARD FOR VIRTUAL WORLDS

Nyamal Elders and staff from the school in the little outback town of Marble Bar have been invited to represent Australian innovation in Government and public sector work at the Global Asia-Pacific ICT Awards in Pakistan this December.

GINA RINEHART PULLS PLUG CASH COW FOR NETBALL WA 

Hancock Prospecting will terminate its sponsorship of Netball Australia following controversial comments from an Indigenous player. 

‘STRUCTURAL BIAS’ IN WA JUSTICE SYSTEM

When he sas 20 years old, Kimberley man Percy Brown was convicted of a murder he insists he did not commit.

PUB TO ERECT ELECTRIC FENCE

In the Kimberley, a shire council has given a pub approval to erect an electric boundary fence to keep out intruders.

ID THEFT FEARS FROM BANNED DRINKERS REGISTER

A Karayarra elder wants to know whether the compulsory ID scan for people buying takeaway liquor in the Kimberley, Pilbara and Goldfields is then retained.

However a spokesman for the minister responsible moved quickly to reassure people it was not.

SHOVELLORS CRACK THE CHARTS

A new song from a West Kimberley remote community reached number 1 on the AMRAP Australian regional music charts and has stayed in the top 10 for four weeks running.

PRIVATE MEATWORKS PLANS TO EXPAND

In the West Kimberley, the privately-owned abattoir at Kilto Station between Derby and Broome is to have a $35 million expansion.