NGAARDA NEWS TUESDAY THE 2ND OF AUGUST

Anthony Albanese at the Garma Festival

DEATH AT CASUARINA PRISON 

A prisoner died at Casuarina Prison on Sunday. Prison officers found the 32-year-old Aboriginal man unconscious in his cell at about 1.30pm.

WOODSIDE COURT CASE

A second legal challenge against Woodside’s Scarborough gas project by the Conservation Council of Western Australia will begin today in the Supreme Court.

ARCHIE ROACH DEATH 

Indigenous singer-songwriter, Archie Roach has passed away at the age of sixty-six years old. 

PORT HEDLAND CUP 

Punters came out in force to support the Hedland Cup over the weekend at the North West Jockey Club to witness New Zealand’s ‘Block of Land’ taking first place.

VOICE TO PARLIAMENT REFERENDUM

Ken Wyatt, former Liberal minister for Aboriginal Affairs, has told WAToday he supports a Constitutionally recognised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament and the Labor government’s plans for a referendum.

OUT-OF-SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR AT RISK KIMBERLEY YOUTH 

The WA State Government has announced $734,500 in funding for four programs in the Kimberley region that will deliver structured holiday and out-of-school programs to at-risk youth over the next three years.