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Rio Tinto ‘not sorry’ for cave blast as investigation opens into newly destroyed sacred site

Rio Tinto chief executive Chris Sailsbury tells employees that the mining giant was actually not apologising for destroying 46,000-year-old Aboriginal rock shelters,...
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Advocates reject DoJ findings that no excessive force used in prison assault allegation

Advocates who visited Bandyup Women’s Prison on Monday believe an incident did occur between the female inmate and a prison guard.
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Western Australia’s fine reforms package set to pass state parliament

In the past eight months, while waiting for the introduction of Western Australia’s fine default reforms bill, people have been locked up more than 200 times for...
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Rio Tinto stripped of endorsement, protestors rally outside Perth headquarters

Reconciliation Australia suspends Rio Tinto recognition as protestors deliver letter demanding resignations and immediate changes to the Aboriginal heritage act...
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WA Correctives Service Commissioner says ‘no evidence’ to body slam allegation

The Department of Justice responds to claims of 'body slam' incident in WA women's prison.
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Aboriginal inmate hospitalised in WA after alleged altercation with prison guard

A female Aboriginal inmate is in a critical condition following unconfirmed reports of a prison guard "body-slamming" the inmate at a Perth prison.
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BREAKING: 40 year old Aboriginal man dies in custody in Perth on Friday

The Department of Justice has confirmed a 40 year old Aboriginal man was found collapsed at Acacia Prison in Perth on Friday and later died in hospital.

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Dark history of Wadjemup to finally be acknowledged

Noongar Elders will lead the Wadjemup Project, which will finally commemorate the painful past of WA's summer playground, which also happens to be the largest...
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WA minister says his office not made aware of blast threat to Juukan Gorge

State minister denies prior knowledge of destruction of 'deep time' Aboriginal heritage sites in Western Australia’s Pilbara region as mining giant issues formal...
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Joyce Clarke's family wants trial in Perth but officer's defence team push for relocation

The mother of Joyce Clarke says she wants the trial of her daughter's killer to remain in Perth but the accused police officer's legal defence team says it should...
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Report finds East Kimberley Aboriginal communities 'uninhabitable'

A Western Australian Aboriginal corporation has conducted an independent audit on a number of remote communities in the East Kimberley region revealing more than...
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One of the country’s oldest Aboriginal heritage sites destroyed by mining blast

An Aboriginal heritage site in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, which provided insight to the earliest human population that inhabited the western Hamersley...
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Crucial cultural awareness program helping foster carers for Indigenous kids in WA

A cultural awareness program in WA is providing foster parents with essential training to support the needs of the Indigenous kids in their care.
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WA restrictions could prevent Joyce Clarke’s mum attending plea hearing of accused shooter

The mother of a Yamatji woman who was fatally shot by a WA Police officer says she is ready for the trial, as the officer is set to make his plea next week.
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Greens push to retain welfare payments as their COVID recovery plan is revealed

The national Greens party has released its plan for the country’s economic recovery post-COVID-19, which includes free education and transforming Australia into...
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Inquiry finds insufficient evidence to link mining company to racist signs on WA station

An inquiry into a racist attack against two WA Aboriginal Elders living on a homestead in the Goldfields region found no motive and insufficient evidence on the...
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Yamatji family’s plead for war medals to be returned after auctioned online

A daughter is pleading for the return of her father’s war medals after she was alerted they were being sold online.
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Indigenous peak groups urge 'crucial' amendments to proposed WA child protection act

Two Indigenous child protection peak bodies have spoken out against an amendment bill currently before WA parliament, urging the state government to make crucial...
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'Please give us a home': Perth’s rough sleepers still searching for shelter as govt praises West Aussies on COVID success

As Perth's temperatures being to drop, rough sleepers continue to tough it out but two of the state government’s COVID-19 homelessness initiatives face an...
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Body of Aboriginal mother found inside wheelie bin in WA’s north

A man is in custody after a woman's body was found outside a hospital in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
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New learning resource co-created by Pilbara Aboriginal kids launched nationally

Co-created by young people in Roebourne in the Pilbara, NEO-Learning teaches school children about Aboriginal history and culture in a fun and dynamic way.
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Indigenous player Madison Prespakis named AFLW's best player

Carlton teenager Madison Prespakis has claimed the AFLW's best-and-fairest after polling the maximum three votes in all but one of the Blues' 2020 games.
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