NGAARDA STATEWIDE NEWS: JULY 17th 2026
The remote Kimberley community of Balgo will soon have its own dialysis clinic, as part of the Balgo or Bust project by Purple House that saw building materials pass through Mparntwe-Alice Springs about week ago, before the trucks headed north-west up the Tanami Road to Balgo, WA.
The remote community of Balgo in the Kimberley will soon have a local dialysis clinic to treat patients on country, with Aboriginal health organisation Purple House trucking building materials up the Tanami Road this week to start construction.
A delegation of First Nations women from the Kimberley has been in Geneva to send a series of strong messages to the United Nations about protecting Ancestral knowledge from Artificial Intelligence and putting the safety of women and girls at the centre of decision-making.
Staff working on the Census for the Bureau of Statistics will be visiting remote communities across the Pilbara in coming weeks, in preparation for the four-yearly study of Australia’s population.
About 100 supporters and union members gathered outside BHP's Port Headland operations yesterday in what was the biggest mining industrial action in the state in more than 25 years.
The WA police Union President has labelled the state government's $24 million dollar investment in Operation Region Regional Shield a Band-Aid solution.