NGAARDA NEWS MONDAY 22 05 2023

Lock the gate activists. Image Credit: Lock the Gate Facebook page.

GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED ALLOWING TOXIC FRACKING CHEMICALS, FOI SHOWS

A Freedom of Information request made by an environmental group has revealed that the WA State Government considered allowing the use of toxic chemicals in Kimberley fracking projects.

ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT AT ROY HILL

Police are investigating a sexual assault that allegedly took place at a Pilbara mine site on Friday, according to the ABC.

NEUTRAL INFORMATION ON VOICE TO PARLIAMENT 

A campaign to provide neutral information about the Voice To Parliament Referendum for voters has been launched nationwide, according to the West Australian.

ABORIGINAL WOMEN ALLEGE RACISM AFTER BEING DENIED SERVICE AT NEWMAN PUB

In the Pilbara, three Aboriginal women have said they were racially discriminated against when they were denied service and then ejected from a Newman pub last month.

TARGET 120 NOT ENOUGH, SAYS ADVOCATE

The state government’s Target 120 diversionary program will not solve WA’s youth justice crisis, according to a well-known advocate for children in detention.