NGAARDA NEWS WEDNESDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2023

Prime Minister and ministers at Port Hedland. Credit: Gerrard Mazza

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PRIME MINISTERS CABINET MEETING IN PORT HEDLAND

The Prime Minister and eighteen Federal government Ministers visited Port Hedland yesterday for a Community Cabinet Meeting.

MOSQUITO VIRUS HEALTH WARNING 

The Department of Health issued a warning for people in the Kimberley area to protect themselves against mosquito bites, following the first Murray Valley encephalitis detection in the region this year.

WA PARLIAMENT SPRAYED WITH WOODSIDE LOGO

The West Australian Parliament was spray-painted with Woodside’s logo yesterday in a protest to highlight the government’s support of industrial development at Murujuga, the Burrup Peninsula in the Pilbara.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TURN DOWN LIGHT POLLUTION FOR THREATENED SPECIES

The federal government has announced five hundred thousand dollars in funding to reduce light pollution near threatened species’ coastal habitats.

HALLS CREEK TO RECEIVE OVAL UPGRADE BUT MORE MONEY NEEDED FOR EAST KIMBERLEY SAYS HAWKES PRESIDENT 

Halls Creek Oval will receive a turf upgrade and irrigation as part of twelve point three million dollars the State Government is injecting into WA’s sport and recreational facilities.

CALL IT OUT REGISTER GIVES VOICE TO DISCRIMINATION VICTIMS 

Indigenous Australians now have the opportunity to register and document instances of racism with the Call it Out Campaign Register.

NGARLUMA DIRECTOR’S DOCO ON YINDJIBARNDI ARTIST TO SCREEN IN MAORI FILM FESTIVAL

An art documentary by a Ngarluma filmmaker has been selected for an international film festival in Aotearoa/New Zealand.