NGAARDA NEWS FRIDAY THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022

Nyul Nyul author and former mine worker Melody Dia. Photo Magabala Books.

DEBIT CARD SHOCK

A Karrayarra elder said many people would more need time and lots of help to transition off the Cashless debit card.

GREENS SENATOR’S STAFF QUIT

WA senator Dorinda Cox has been accused of bullying her electorate staff in an official complaint lodged both with the Greens and Parliament’s independent workplace support service.

FERTILISER PLANT TO BE BUILT WITH GOVERNMENT MONEY

In the Pilbara, a planned Burrup Peninsula fertiliser plant will get a $220 million loan from the Federal Government to start construction.

MINING WOMEN ENCOURAGED TO SPEAK UP

An author and former mine worker said she hoped the Parliamentary report “Enough is enough” would encourage women in the industry to speak up if they suffered sexual harrassment or assault.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELOR WINS STUDENT OF THE YEAR

A young Noongar man has won the Western Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year award.

NEW FILM ABOUT WHISTLEBLOWERS

Bunjulang woman Larissa Baldwin says it is disturbing that public servants can be jailed for up to 75 years for exposing wrongdoing within their departments.