Beagle Bay
Beagle Bay’s only store has burned down.
There are no supplies available.
You can read DFES’ statement here:
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Tags: Aboriginal communities, Beagle Bay, Fire
The company Outback Stores is to manage Beagle Bay’s only store.
The store has been under administration for the last three months.
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Tags: Aboriginal communities, Beagle Bay
Communities from Cockatoo Island to Port Hedland are advised to prepare for a possible cyclone.
The tropical low that has been causing record flooding is expected to move over open water and possibly form a cyclone by Monday or Tuesday.
You can see the cyclone track map if you click here.
You can read DFES’ advice here:
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Tags: Ardyaloon, Beagle Bay, Bidyadanga, Cyclones, Djarindjin, Emergency services, Lombardina, One Arm Point, Weather
Parts of Cape Leveque Road have been impassable after more than a week of rains.
The ABC says the mail vehicle has been unable to make deliveries for 12 days, and community supplies are running low.
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Tags: Aboriginal communities, Ardiyooloon, Beagle Bay, Cape Leveque Road, Djarindjin, Lombardina, One Arm Point, Roads
Local state member Josey Farrer wants the premier to find funding for roads around Beagle Bay.

Josey Farrer
Roads used by the local school bus have not graded for up to four years.
Broome Advertiser [read this story]
Tags: Aboriginal communities, Beagle Bay, Children, Education, Roads, Transport
Beagle Bay store is to be put under administration for six months.
The office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations said managers had trouble balancing the books.
ABC [read this story]
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A Beagle Bay dad has continued to keep his kids away from school.
He says he doesn’t trust advice that an asbestos cleanup has made the school safe.
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs owns a nearby derelict building that has been identified as dangerous.
The West Australian [read this story]
Tags: Aboriginal communities, Asbestos, Beagle Bay, Education