NGAARDA NEWS: WEDNESDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2023

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BOORLOO RALLY TO CALL FOR UNIT 18 TO BE ABOLISHED

Protesters in Boorloo/Perth plan to rally today to call for the Unit 18 child prison to be abolished.

PILBARA WORKERS MAY STRIKE THIS WEEK

Pilbara mining workers who work for China’s Citic Pacific,  may strike.

The Australian Workers union filed a complaint against Citic Pacific Mining and its 12 billion dollar sino iron magnitite mine after a ballot application was approved by the fair work commission this week. 

WA ELECTRIC VEHICLE NETWORK EXPANDS

Karratha, Exmouth and Kununurra are the latest locations to have joined WA’s electric vehicle network.

High-speed Horizon Power charging stations have been officially opened in the Pilbara and Kimberley towns.

DOCKERS PLAYERS IN BROOME FOR KID’S CARNIVAL

Fremantle Dockers players are running workshops for kids in Broome as part of a beach footy carnival this week.

Dockers AFL player Josh Corbett and AFLW player Mikayla Morrison are part of the Kimberley 9s carnival, which began yesterday and concludes today.

CALLS FOR ACTION  ON RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE

Experts have called for a national rheumatic heart disease registry and other measures to improve treatment of the disease.

First Nations people in Australia are some of the world’s highest sufferers of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.