NGAARDA NEWS WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL 2023

Cyclone Ilsa approaching the North Western Australia. Credit: BOM

Listen to the top stories of the day:

CYCLONE ILSA HAS ‘HIGH CHANCE’ OF TURNING ‘SEVERE’

Cyclone Ilsa is currently off the North West coast and there is a ‘high chance’ it will reach ‘severe cyclone’ intensity before it crosses the coast between Port Hedland and Broome late Thursday or early Friday.

CYCLONE DELAYS FIRST EXPEDITION CRUISE SHIPS TO BERTH AT DAMPIER

The approaching cyclone has delayed by one day the arrival of APT’s Caledonian Sky Expedition Cruise ship.

LIBERALS MINISTER QUITS TO SUPPORT VOICE TO PARLIAMENT

Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister Julian Leeser has quit the Coalition frontbench over the party’s opposition to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR DISASTER RELIEF ‘NON-SENSICAL’: CLIMATE ADVOCATE 

The Conservation Council of Western Australia has welcomed state government funding for climate-related disaster relief but said it is vastly outweighed by fossil fuel subsidies which exacerbate the problem.

BANKSIA HILL GUARDS SCORE WIN IN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE

Custodial guards at Banksia Hill Youth Detention Centre have secured a win in their ongoing industrial dispute against the McGowan government, according to the West Australian.