Remote communities
‘Wrong skin’ tragedy: death, drugs and violence in a divided town
Nyaparu’s life ended shortly after she was dragged to the local hospital in a wheelie bin. Her assailant was her teenage boyfriend, who never learnt to read and suffers from FASD.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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Consumer watchdog must monitor Indigenous food and grocery prices: report
A parliamentary inquiry instigated after reports of $55 jars of coffee selling in remote Indigenous communities did not find evidence of systemic price-gouging.
- by Rob Harris
Mental health spotlight after Bran Nue Dae writer's death
The death of a celebrated West Australian playwright has prompted a coroner to recommend the government consider creating a long-term supported accommodation facility for mental health patients in the Kimberley region.
- by AAP
Adam Goodes reveals the moment he decided to end his AFL career
In a rare interview, the AFL great says strangers are hugging him on the street and apologising for his treatment. He is now focused on a positive future.
- by Samantha Lane
Four-year project captures islanders' songs of global warning
From the coalface of climate change comes Small Island Big Song, a musical plea for empathy and action.
- by Kathy Evans
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Indigenous
The Newman solution: Is the fix for a struggling WA town as simple as this?
With his first child on the way Devon had two options: he could continue on a path of self-destruction, or he could give up booze and violence and turn his life around.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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The Pilbara
Broken windows, broken dreams: the WA town left in the boom-time dust
The town struggles to tackle underlying social issues, and its properties have become crime hotspots, further stigmatising the suburb of East Newman.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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Indigenous
Welcome to the slums on the very edge of WA's mining epicentre
There’s a strange feeling in the air, as if Parnpajinya’s remaining residents are unaware the community is on the brink of closing down.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Price of rockmelons highlighted in push for bush tax break boost
Remote areas of Australia covered by tax breaks have remained largely unchanged since the scheme was introduced at the end of World War II.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Labor promises $120 million towards WA's remote communities
The announcement comes after a stoush between state and federal governments over the funding of housing projects in remote WA late last year, which left 12,000 vulnerable Western Australians in limbo.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Labor, Coalition at odds over federal funding for remote housing
Labor and the Coalition will have very different approaches to funding remote housing in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election.
- by Hamish Hastie