NGAARDA STATEWIDE NEWS: Wednesday 7th October 2026
WARNING: This news bulletin may contain names or voices of people who have passed away and discussion of balaang, ancestral remains.
WA’s road death toll has reached 163, its highest year-to-date level in more than a decade, as police highlight regional fatalities and appeal for information about a fatal crash in Port Hedland.
Federal Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy is calling for greater funding for kinship care and supports Dorothy Papertalk’s push for an inquest into the deaths of her three grandchildren.
A new ten-year joint management plan will guide Badimia Traditional Owners and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions in caring for almost 293,000 hectares of Country.
A camera study by WWF-Australia and Garadjari Rangers has detected concerning numbers of feral cats and foxes at a sacred freshwater spring inland from Bidyadanga.
More than $3 million in federal funding will help expand childcare capacity in Merredin from 36 to 71 places, with construction due to begin early next year.
Cultural warning: redevelopment of Wadjemup’s main bus stop will not proceed at its current site following the discovery of Aboriginal ancestral remains, with memorialisation to be developed alongside Whadjuk Traditional Owners.