First fruit for Bidyadanga
After three years and plenty of hard work the community at Bidyadanga (180km south of Broome) is gearing up for its first harvest of gubinge (kakadu plum) and gumpja (pindan walnut).
View ArticleGearing up for something more than just cattle on Nita Downs
Nita Downs Station is getting ready to join a number of Kimberley cattle stations that are diversifying their business.
View Article3D printed map in the Kimberley plots future for agricultural modelling
WA researchers hope 3D printing will offer new insights into water management on pastoral stations.
View ArticleKimberley's Canning aquifer depleted by fewer cyclones
Fewer cyclones, not mining, are to blame for a decrease in the water stored in north-west Australia's Canning Basin aquifer, West Australian scientists say.
View ArticleIndigenous community celebrates record Kakadu plum harvest
An Indigenous community in Western Australia picks nearly double last year's crop of native bush fruit at the state's only commercial gubinge plantation.
View ArticleThe controversial statue that was added to, not torn down or vandalised
As Australia delves into how we tell the nation's history, revisit the plaque highlighting the Indigenous point of view when added to a controversial statue 81 years later.
View Article$50K repair bill after new road was dug up again
A new road was laid in the remote Indigenous community of Bidyadanga a few weeks before it was dug up to install sewerage — then repaired at a cost of $50,000.
View ArticleCyclones cut alcohol and drugs supply to bush communities, police say
Bush communities in Western Australia's north say the string of cyclones has brought an unexpected benefit, with floodwaters cutting off the supply of alcohol and illicit drugs, making for a peaceful...
View ArticlePastoralists left reeling after 'show-cause' notice issued to major exporter
A question mark over the licence of one of the main cattle exporters out of northern Western Australia, has left pastoralists in the Kimberley and Pilbara feeling nervous for the future of the industry.
View ArticleNo funding for Indigenous cyclone shelter in WA
A government department says there is no funding for an emergency cyclone shelter for WA's largest Indigenous community on Australia's most cyclone-prone coast.
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