NGAARDA NEWS WEDNESDAY THE 1ST OF JUNE 2022

Antoinette Roe and Norma Lee courtesy Gwoonwardu Mia

WOMEN’S COACH QUITS OVER RACIAL SLUR

The West Australian says a South West footballer has walked away from the side where he is a three-time premiership coach — after the club was fined over a racist slur.

DANNY BROWN CALLS FOR UNITED LEADERSHIP GROUP - PILBARA

Pilbara Aboriginal groups need to come together and form a regional leadership group to take part in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, according to a major corporation’s leader.

HEDLAND MAYOR TO BE INVESTIGATED

Port Hedland’’s colourful Mayor is to be investigated for corruption, according to the North West Telegraph. 

ELDERS’ STORIES KEPT ALIVE 

Visitors to Carnarvon are invited to visit an exhibition of cultural stories by five elders representing the Gascoyne region’s five language groups.

KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON 

The City of Karratha has been leaving the lights on at 10 different ovals for two hours each night. Staff say this costs $4,277 every week, and the councillors say this is money well spent. 

MATERA COULD BE ON THE MEND

The West Australian says West Coast great Peter Matera still faces another bout of surgery but could soon be out of intensive care after an operation to insert two stents to his heart on Monday evening.