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Hundreds of Indigenous jobs powering up for remote WA

A Federal Government funding boost to be outlined in next week’s Budget will create jobs and deliver a more reliable and more affordable energy supply to WA’s remote communities.

Lanai Scarr

Down the lineCommentsPremiumTurner slams ‘flawed’ Indigenous Voice process

The proposed Indigenous Voice to parliament is ‘doomed to fail’ unless serious shortcoming are addressed, prominent Indigenous activist Pat Turner has warned.

Annabel Hennessy

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opinion
Rangi HiriniCommentsPremium
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Sad truth is young Aussies know more about US than here

I’m not saying it’s bad to know about foreign relations, but at what point should young Australians start to pay attention to what’s happening in their own country? Rangi Hirini writes.

Rangi Hirini

Flag furorePremiumRights to Aboriginal flag must be given not taken

A prominent Indigenous academic says the Federal Government should not take the Aboriginal flag’s copyright from its designer, Harold Thomas, without his consent.

Annabel Hennessy

Forecasts adjustedPremiumGold, iron ore to hold as coal burns export values

The value of Australia’s resources and energy exports will sink by $34 billion this year after posting a record last financial year, according to new Federal Government forecasts.

Stuart McKinnon

Credit pushPremiumBurden shifts to borrowers in new lending rules regime

Regardless of whether the proposed changes are right or wrong, they will likely make it quicker for millions of Australians to get loans from banks and finance companies.

Neale Prior and Nick Bruining

Festival firstCommentsPremiumBruce Lee favourite gets Noongar treatment

Everybody was kung fu fighting in the 1970s. And thanks to a Noongar language re-dubbing of Bruce Lee’s classic Fist of Fury many more will be this year too.

Simon Collins

New thresholdsPremiumWA businesses fear skewed rules will end wage support

While many WA firms are expected to come off JobKeeper this week, other local business owners say they are still struggling and fear they are falling through the cracks.

Meilin Chew

Explosive submissionPremiumPKKP’s brutal assessment of Rio’s ‘minimum compliance’

The Traditional Owners have handed their submission to the parliamentary inquiry probing the Juukan Gorge blast, accusing the miner of a deep-seated culture of ‘minimum compliance’.

Stuart McKinnon

Mum’s baby nightmareCommentsPremiumCops probed as ‘communication issues’ see baby removed

WA Police have launched an internal review after ‘communication issues’ led to an Aboriginal mum — previously unknown to child protection authorities — having her baby taken away as she shopped.

Rangi Hirini

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opinion
Rangi HiriniCommentsPremium
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Netball’s Indigenous tokenism just not good enough

Right now there is a lot of anger brewing from netball fans after last weekend’s Super Netball Indigenous round and the league’s tokenistic use of Wakka Wakka woman Jemma Mi Mi.

Rangi Hirini

Free the flagCommentsPremiumDesigning new Aboriginal flag would be ‘torment’

An Indigenous business owner who is part of the campaign to “free” the Aboriginal flag says there has been discussions about designing a new flag — but replacing it would be “torment”.

Annabel Hennessy

Money talksPremiumReal super powers: Industry funds flex ethical muscle

Rio Tinto’s decision to sack three top executives after the Juukan Gorge disaster show how our biggest super funds are drawing a corporate ethics line in the sand.

NealePrior

Ole ChampCommentsPremiumMeet our new Indigenous cartoonist

Brenton E. McKenna is the creator of The West Australian’s new cartoon strip and probably the first Indigenous artist to have one syndicated in a daily newspaper.

Simon Collins

‘Failure of government’PremiumBarnett demands Rio blast blunder royal commission

The former premier, who was in power when the mining giant was approved to blow up the heritage site, says those who failed to stop it should be held to account.

Ben Harvey and Sean Smith

SNEAK PEEKCommentsPremiumTen amazing highlights of new museum unveiled

After more than four years and $400m, the new WA Museum Boola Bardip is almost ready. We take you through 10 highlights to expect when doors open.

Katherine Fleming

MOTHER KNOWS BESTCommentsPremiumWA Indigenous artist in Archibald self-portrait win

Kalgoorlie-born actor and artist Meyne Wyatt has won the Archibald Prize’s Packing Room Prize for a self-portrait his mother encouraged him to enter.

Kate Emery

HQ propositionPremiumPremier’s message to Rio: West is best

Mark McGowan has urged Rio Tinto to relocate its head office from London to Perth, saying the move made sense given the lion’s share of the company’s profits came from WA.

Ben Harvey

Front footPremiumBHP says it doesn’t gag Traditional Owners on heritage

Mining giant seeks to clarify position on cultural heritage ahead of appearance before parliamentary committee investigating destruction of ancient shelters in the Pilbara by Rio Tinto.

Stuart McKinnon

Shocking reportVideoPremium‘No one to turn to’: Mental health crisis in WA prisons

A new report has criticised mental health services inside WA prisons after data revealed more than half of prisoners who died in WA suffered from mental health issues.

Rangi Hirini

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Work to doVideoPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Rio morale, Indigenous links a priority for Vella

Rio Tinto’s new iron ore boss Ivan Vella says his priorities will be restoring staff morale and rebuilding the company’s damaged relationships with Indigenous groups in the Pilbara.

Stuart McKinnon

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opinion
Indigenous voicesCommentsPremium
opinion
How broken bones explain what it’s like to be Blak

If you’ve never broken a bone, you can’t really comprehend the pain of that moment when your bone breaks. All you can do is sympathise and imagine what the pain must feel like, writes Rangi Hirini.

Rangi Hirini

Indigenous interestsPremiumBHP cool on heritage site ban

BHP has rejected a proposed moratorium on mining activities that might impact cultural heritage sites across Australia until relevant laws are strengthened.

Stuart McKinnon

20 years onVideoCommentsPremiumWA Olympians reflect on Freeman’s incredible win

Today marks 20 years since Cathy Freeman famously lit the cauldron at the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony and her race for the ages has been remembered by some of WA’s greatest Olympians.

Steve Butler

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