NGAARDA NEWS FRIDAY THE 7TH OF OCTOBER 2022

CALL FOR HALT ON ‘WITHOUT GROUNDS’ PUBLIC HOUSING EVICTIONS

The WA Tenancy Network of community legal centres yesterday called for a moratorium on “without grounds” evictions from public housing.

BANKSIA HILL CLASS ACTION

Around 600 former and current inmates of Banksia Hill youth detention centre will take legal action seeking damages from the WA government for allegedly unlawful treatment, according to the West Australian.

INDIGENOUS RUNNER TICKS OFF SIX MAJOR MARATHONS

A Western Arrente and Yamatji man has become the first Indigenous Australian to complete all six of the world’s major marathons.

A BUS FOR GIBB RIVER COMMUNITIES

People living in six communities up the Kimberley’s Gibb River Road no longer have to catch a taxi or use a private car to get home from Derby in the dry season.

NATIONAL JUSTICE CAMP FOR YOUNG MOB

Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people fighting injustice are invited to a special “Blak Up” camp in Warrnambool Victoria next month.

FORMER ALS LAWYER RECOGNISED

A former Geraldton lawyer who is well known to Aboriginal people has won the first ever Attorney General’s award for a private practitioner who takes on ALS and Legal Aid cases.

FIRST NATIONS SKATEBOARDERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The skateboarding scene in Australia is paying attention to First Nations skateboarders who are doing big things.

Eastern Arrente man Nicky Hayes started social enterprise Spinifex Skateboards in 2015. 

WYATT BUYS NEDLANDS MANSION

Former WA Treasurer and his wife Vivianne have bought a $3.69million house in the leafy Perth suburb of Nedlands.