NGAARDA NEWS JUNE 14 2023

Image Credit: Buŋgul by Anna Reece by way of Arts Centre Melbourne

ARTISTS FROM COMMUNITY PLAY GURRUMUL WITH THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

This week, a group of Indigenous musicians and dancers from a remote community in the Northern Territory will play music from Gurrumul’s second last album with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

MINING DEATH

Government officials have traveled to an Iron ore mine site in the Pilbara, where a contractor died on Monday afternoon, according to the ABC.

ASSESSMENT SHORTAGE DRIVES PEOPLE TO REMOTE AREAS

The waiting time to get a driving assessment in WA’s urban centers and cities is forcing people to travel to remote areas to take their driving tests.
THOMPSON SUPPORTS PETITION TO DELAY HERITAGE ACT

Liberal Member for the Mining and Pastoral Regions Neil Thompson is sponsoring a parliamentary petition calling for the delay of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act.

NGURRANGGA TOURS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF OPERATIONS

An Indigenous tourism company operating on Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi lands will celebrate its tenth anniversary this month.