NGAARDA STATEWIDE NEWS: FRIDAY 19 JULY 2026
Iremugadu Mawankarra registered nurse Georgia Mills is encouraging everyone across the Pilbara to get their diphtheria vaccine. Image: Samara Diaz
Almost 150 people living across northern Western Australia have been infected with diphtheria this year, as a Pilbara health service is urging locals to get vaccinated.
Western Australians with a drivers licence who would like $100 worth of free fuel are being encouraged to download and set up the ServiceWA app ahead of 1 July.
The small Aboriginal community of Ardyalun north of Broome has just opened its first arts and cultural hub, ABC reports.
Mango lovers will be disappointed to hear that Carnarvon mango producers are facing one of the worst crops in recent years, after four major destructive weather events already this year.
More than 1.4 million hectares of land will be handed back to the Kimberley Willigan Aboriginal Corporation, as part of a new Indigenous Land Use Agreement.
Australia's favourite blue heeler is set to make history, with Bluey being translated into an Indigenous Australian language for the first time.