NGAARDA NEWS MONDAY 24 APRIL 2023

Cape Range National Park, Ningaloo reef. Credit: Eliza Kloser

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FUNDING SECURED FOR PERDAMAN UREA PLANT ON BURRUP

Perth-based company Perdaman has secured finance for a controversial six point four billion dollar urea plant it plans to build in the Pilbara at Murujuga, the Burrup Peninsula.

TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN SCIENTISTS OVER INDUSTRIAL IMPACT ON MURUJUGA’S SACRED ROCK ART

Rock art scientists are in a war of words over how much evidence there is to suggest industrial emissions are damaging the sacred rock art at Murujuga, on the Burrup Peninsula.

NYFL NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AWARD 

In the Pilbara, a Roebourne-based Aboriginal organisation has been named as a finalist for a prestigious award.

SCIENTISTS WORK TO PROTECT NINGALOO FROM CLIMATE IMPACTS 

A scientific research project is working on Ningaloo Reef to explore ways to grow and breed better heat resistant corals to meet the challenges of climate change.

JABAJA HOMEMAKER PROGRAM TO COME TO IERAMAGADU 

A program designed to teach homemaker skills in Roebourne will kick off next month. 

NOONGAR LANGUAGE CLASSES TEACH APPROPRIATE USE OF LANGAUGE

Noongar language classes are teaching non-Indigenous Australians about the culturally appropriate use of the Indigenous language.