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Kununurra: New community garden
Kununurra has a new community garden that residents can use to grow their own vegetables.
Fitzroy Crossing: Marra Worra Worra’s response
Marra Worra Worra corporation members called a meeting on Thursday to accuse the board of misconduct.
The board prepared a statement, about its dealings with the Kimberley Regional Service Providers (KRSP), that was read aloud to the gathering.
“These are the facts surroundings all the idle gossip that’s been floating around Facebook, etc,” a spokesman said.
“I noticed that Kimberley Page has run the original ABC piece, so here’s the actual official response from MWW to balance out the ledger.”
You can read the statement here:
Halls Creek and Tjurabalan: $300,000 suicide fund
Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council has been granted $300,000 to address suicide in Halls Creek and Tjurabalan.
Tjurabalan is a determined native title claim that includes the communities of Ringer Soak, Billiluna, Balgo and Mulan.
You can read a media release from local member Melissa Price and Indigenous Affairs minister Nigel Scullion here:
Marra Worra Worra: Bedford denies wrongdoing
Marra Worra Worra director Dickie Bedford said there had been no wrongdoing in paying $12million to another organisation.
Dickie Bedford
The Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) is accusing Mr Bedford and chairman Patrick Green of authorising the payment to an organisation partly owned by MWW at a “purported directors meeting” without a quorum.
However Mr Bedford told the ABC it was a meeting of KRSP, the organisation receiving the payment, and not of MWW.
He said MWW later approved the payment at a directors’ meeting.
Melissa Price launches volunteers website
Local member Melissa Price has launched a website to encourage people to volunteer in their local communities.
You can read her media release here:
Halls Creek: Call for Aboriginal community panel
Wunan chairman Ian Trust is calling for a community panel with statutory powers for Halls Creek.
He said his organisation would like the panel to have powers to punish community members who did not pay rent or send their kids to school.
This is seen as a pilot program – once it succeeded it would then be copied in other communities.
The West Australian [read this story]
Kununurra: Call for ambulance volunteers
St John Ambulance is calling for new volunteers in Kununurra.
The West Regional [read this story]
Fitzroy Crossing: Auditors sent to Marra Worra Worra
The government body that registers Aboriginal corporations has sent auditors to Marra Worra Worra.
A review of the corporation’s books has turned up a $12million payment and other irregularities the group has been asked to explain.
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