NGAARDA STATEWIDE NEWS: July 15th, 2026
People marched at Invasion Day 2026 rallies around the country, when an alleged bomb was thrown into crowds at a rally in Perth. Image: The Guardian
A First Nations woman has told a federal parliamentary inquiry her family could have been killed when an alleged explosive device landed near them at an Invasion Day rally in Perth.
Up to 200 workers at BHP’s Port Hedland iron ore export operations are set to go on strike for eight hours tomorrow, after a five-hour final meeting between the mining giant and unions failed to reach a deal yesterday.
The number of First Nations Australians diagnosed with cancers, and dying from them, is falling. But indigenous people remain more likely to be diagnosed with cancers with lower survival rates than other Australians, such as lung and liver cancer.
An international student studying at Curtin University's WA School of Mines in Kalgoorlie says not enough is being done to help students find a place to live.
A Wheatbelt Belt Shire says proposed changes to the federal government's disaster recovery funding arrangements could leave regional councils worse off.
The Federal Threatened Species Commissioner says extra resources are going towards protecting the rare Christmas Island Abbot's booby from H5 bird flu.