NGAARDA NEWS BULLETIN - FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2023

Buru Energy are conducting land clearing in the Kimberley. Credit: Supplied, Lock the Gate.

WOODSIDE BLASTING PERMIT OVERTURNED AFTER LEGAL CHALLENGE FROM TRADITIONAL CUSTODIAN

Mardudhunera Traditional Custodian Raelene Cooper defeated gas company Woodside Energy in the Federal Court on Thursday.

PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW BURU ENERGY FAILS TO HONOUR LAND CLEARING COMMITMENTS

Campaign group Lock the Gate says it has uncovered photographs which prove oil and gas company Buru Energy has failed to honour a commitment to limit the impacts of land clearing in the Kimberley.

KARRATHA MAN FINED FOR ILLEGAL FISH TRAP

A 50-year-old Karratha man was fined more than $4,700 in the Karratha Magistrate’s Court this week for fishing offences and becoming aggressive with a Fisheries officer.

19-YEAR-OLD CHARGED OVER CERVANTES JETTY INCIDENT

A 19-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a police officer and a fisherman after being rescued naked from the ocean near the Cervantes Jetty in the Wheatbelt on Tuesday.

FLUORIDATED DRINKING WATER IN NEWMAN SET TO COMBAT TOOTH DECAY

The state government plans to add flouride to the water supply in the Pilbara town of Newman.