NGAARDA STATEWIDE NEWS: WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2026

The Koolan Island mine site will be rehabilitated, and the island used for a new major transport hub. (ABC Kimberley: Erin Parke)

Dambimangari leaders say the multi-million dollar sale of an island in the Kimberley could see a wave of people returning to country for new jobs in tourism and to build a major transport hub.

Artificial intelligence could help reinvigorate the use and understanding of First Nations languages, but indigenous Elders must be at the centre of using the ever-growing technology.

The first of eight new state-of-the-art aircraft that will help save lives across remote Western Australia has joined the Royal Flying Doctor Service fleet in Perth.

Northern Australia is under increased surveillance after an overseas outbreak of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite, ABC News reports.

Heavy rainfall has forced road closures across parts of the Goldfields-Esperance region.