NGAARDA NEWS BULLETIN - WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER 2023

Murujuga, the Burrup Peninsula. Credit: Supplied.

CALLS FOR TOUGHER LIQUOR RESTRICTIONS IN WA TOWNS

Police are pushing for tougher liquor restrictions across 25 Western Australian towns.

Deputy Police Commissioner Allan Adams proposed new restrictions to Liquor Licensing director Lanie Chopping in an August letter, as revealed today by the ABC.

MURUJUGA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION CLARIFIES WOODSIDE POSITION

The Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation has released a statement clarifying it ‘does not support nor oppose Woodside Energy’.

It comes after Shadow Minister for Resources Senator Susan McDonald told 7 News Regional that MAC supported Woodside’s seismic blasting plans.

GOVERNMENT OPPOSES THORPE’S INDIGENOUS RIGHTS BILL

The federal government and opposition have united to oppose a bill from independent Senator Lidia Thorpe to enshrine the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into Australian law.

KARRATHA MARKETING FIRM WINS COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

An Aboriginal-owned marketing company based in Karratha has won a prestigious award.

ANTAR WA CALLS FOR SECOND REFERENDUM TO RECOGNISE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE

The group ‘Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation’ in Western Australia has called for a second referendum on First Nations constitutional recognition.