NGAARDA STATEWIDE NEWS: JULY 23rd, 2026
People in WA buying gift cards for online love interests have been ripped off $1 million this year.Pictured: Murray Street Mall, Perth. Credit Lisa Maree Williams / Bloomberg
Indigenous people in the Pilbara are being pressured into fake online gambling platforms that are stealing their money, WA Consumer Protection is warning, as more than $1 million has been ripped off people through gift cards this year.
A new scientific report is urging the WA Government to maintain its commitment to no new dams or further surface-water extraction from the Martuwarra Fitzroy River.
The Nundah native title claim has been formally recognized with an on-country court hearing in the East Kimberley yesterday.
The owner of a billion-dollar rare earths refinery in WA's Goldfields says ongoing power outages are hampering its operation.
A Pilbara Council says it'll miss out on $4 million after it was blocked from increasing rates on transient worker accommodation.
A new report has found essential items, including first aid and hygiene products, cost twice as much in remote Kimberley communities as they do in Perth.