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Premium Content Subscriber only Warwick women are celebrating International Women’s Day doing what they do best, by breaking barries and creating change. That’s why the Warwick Daily News has chosen to look at some of the region’s most inspirational. Here they are, in no particular order. HISTORY-MAKING: Matilda Sly was crowned the 2021 Warwick Showgirl. / PHOTO: KC Boutique Photography MATILDA SLY Breaking an antiquated tradition, the young Warwick Showgirl said she hoped ...

Buccaneer Archipelago, Dampier Peninsula marine park plan sparks debate over who has the right to fish SunSunday 7 updated MonMonday 8 Cascade Bay in the Kimberleys Buccaneer Archipelago is a popular spot for recreational fishers. ( Share Print text only Cancel Plans for a new marine park on the northern Australian coast have hit a nerve, sparking tense discussions over who has the right to fish where on the Kimberley coast. Key points: Tensions are already emerging over who will be allowed to ...

Its understood traditional owner frustration with "people doing the wrong thing" has been behind the lockouts. Long-term Bamaga resident and Cape York guide book author Tracy Sands said she had been in contact with Hope Vale, Mapoon and Northern Peninsula authorities. "It comes back to a lack of respect and people doing stupid things," she said. "I went up (to the Tip) last year and there was idiots fishing in the nude and the (travellers sticking) plaques at the top of the cliffs. "People...

How native title holders won their fight to save a sacred site on a Torres Strait island Posted MonMonday 8 updated MonMonday 8 MarMarch 2021 at 8:32pm Enid Tom and Milton Savage at the foot of the hillside on Muralug/Prince of Wales Island. ( Share Print text only Cancel For the Kaurareg people of the Torres Strait this isnt just a hillside. Its sacred ground. The site is central to the creation story of Muralug (also known as Prince of Wales Island). In its red soil they see the spilled bloo...

A Wiradjuri woman is putting a chequered academic past behind her after being accepted to write a PhD in law.

Armour Energy ASX Announcement 25 February 2021 Armour Energy Submits Application for... | March 2, 2021

Armour Energy has lodged applications for Retention Licences (RL) in the Northern Territory over portions of its 100% owned Exploration Permits (EP) 171 and 190.

A new report has found levels of lead in the blood of children living around the South Australian town of Port Pirie have reached a ten-year-high. South Australian health authorities announced the findings with the release of the latest report in a series tracking blood-lead concentrations among children between two and five-years-old since 2011. Among those children tested last year, 276 recorded a blood-lead result higher than 5 micrograms per decilitre. The number of children with results eq...

Aboriginal leaders in South Australia say they want to see the “highest level of accountability and transparency” in community organisations, but have criticised an inquiry into issues of governance approved by the Marshall government last week.  The South Australian Parliament approved a formal inquiry into the “governance standards” of Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations across the state, after a campaign from Aboriginal community members.  The inquiry will review the acco...

It’s widely understood that rivers, wetlands and other waterways hold particular significance for First Nations people. It’s less well understood that Indigenous peoples are denied effective rights in Australia’s water economy. Australia’s laws and policies prevent First Nations from fully participating in, and benefiting from, decisions about water. In fact, Indigenous peoples hold less than 1 per cent of Australia’s water rights. A Productivity Commission report into national water ...