NGAARDA NEWS BULLETIN - FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER 2023

Credit: Chris Graham, New Matilda.

ABORIGINAL TEENAGER BECOMES FIRST CHILD TO DIE IN CUSTODY OF WA YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM

An Aboriginal 16-year-old boy has died, one week after he was found unconscious in his cell in the Unit 18 youth detention facility.

BROOME LOCALS DEVASTATED OVER CORAL DESTRUCTION

Broome community members have expressed distress after discovering parts of a local reef damaged by preliminary work on a floating jetty development.

FIRST NATIONS GROUPS AGAINST ROYAL COMMISSION

A group of charities and Aboriginal organisations have rejected calls for a Royal Commission into sexual assault of children in Aboriginal communities.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

Local government elections will be held across Western Australia tomorrow.

UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES RELEASED

The unemployment rate has fallen slightly by 0.1 percentage points, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

ROEBOURNE POLICE GIVE OFFROAD BIKE WARNING

Roebourne police say there’s been an increase in offending related to off-road motorbikes around the Pilbara town.