NGAARDA NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 22 2023

Legal Academic and First Nations Advocate Emma Garlett.

BANKSIA HILL WORK FORCE INCREASE

Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre will increase its workforce to take pressure off youth custodial Officers, according to the West Australian. 
TRACK RE-OPENS FOLLOWING TRAIN DERAILMENT 

Rio Tinto has reopened its train line near Dampier following a derailment over the weekend.

REAL-TIME REPORTING TO MONITOR DEATHS IN CUSTODY

Yesterday, Attorney General Mark Dreyfus launched a new website to monitor deaths in custody in real time.

WA CAMPAIGNER SAYS NO TO THE VOICE IN CANBERRA

Noongar activist Marianne Mackay traveled to Canberra this week to campaign against the Voice to Parliament.

LEGAL ACADEMIC CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO BETTER SUPPORT FIRST NATIONS GROUPS IN NAVIGATING HERITAGE ACT

A First Nations legal academic has said the state government should better support Aboriginal organisations to prepare for the new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act.
BORN BLAK LAUNCHES

A mentoring program for First Nations Content Creators was launched by a group of communications and media companies yesterday.

Tangiora Hinaki