NGAARDA NEWS WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL 2023

Yindjibarndi sisters, Marion and Lyn Cheedy representing at the ANZAC service in Roebourne. Credit: Tangiora Hinaki

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TRUCK DRIVES THROUGH ANZAC SERVICE IN ROEBOURNE

In the Pilbara, onlookers at the ANZAC service held in Roebourne, were shocked when two semi trucks and a vehicle towing a trailer were allowed to drive through the service.

ANZAC INCLUSION IN ALICE SPRINGS

Meanwhile, the Anzac commemoration in Alice Springs made the state’s history as the first time both the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags have flown alongside the Australian and Northern Territory flags on ANZAC day. 

SENATOR COX TELLS GOVERNMENT NOT TO WAIT FOR A VOICE TO PROTECT HERITAGE

Greens Senator Dorinda Cox has said the federal government should do better at listening to Indigenous voices, especially when it comes to Aboriginal cultural heritage.

WA’S RESOURCES SECTOR BREAKS RECORDS IN SALES

Recent data show WA's resources sector achieves the highest ever sales of $246 billion in 2022 and delivered more jobs than ever before.

MAN FOUND DECEASED IN KIMBERLEY MOTOR CRASH

The Major Crash Investigations Unit is investigating a fatality on the Great Northern Highway in the Durack Region of the East Kimberley over the weekend.

JELLYFISH ATTACK ON CABLE BEACH 

Cable Beach in Broome was closed all of Monday after a beachgoer was hospitalised from an Irukandji jellyfish at around 3:30 on Sunday Afternoon.