NGAARDA NEWS TUESDAY 07 FEBRUARY 2023

Roebourne statues proudly looking out at ngurra once more. Credit: Gerard Mazza

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LIDIA THORPE QUITS GREENS

Senator Lidia Thorpe has quit the Greens Party to represent the Blak Sovereign Movement on the cross bench. 

GRAVEL TRACK TO RECONNECT BROOME AND DERBY

A badly damaged section of the Great Northern Highway will reopen this week to reconnect Broome and Derby after recent flooding.

GREENS SENATOR DORINDA COX LAUNCHES TRUTH-TELLING CAMPAIGN

Last week, Noongar-Yamatji Greens Senator Dorinda Cox launched a campaign for a truth-telling commission in Western Australia.

ROEBOURNE STATUES REINSTALLED

The Ngarluma, Yindjibarndi and Marthudhunera statues at Mount Welcome in Roebourne are looking out proudly over their ngurra once more.

The statues were reinstalled by the City of Karratha last week after the lookout was vandalised in January.

DURACK MP CALLS FOR PRIME MINISTER TO ADDRESS CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN WA

The Federal Member for Durack has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to provide funding to address social issues in regional Western Australia.

CALLS GROW FOR EAST KIMBERLEY FOOTBALL LEAGUE TO SPLIT APART

The East Kimberley football league is facing growing calls to split into a north and south division.