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A review obtained by the ABC finds preparation for the 2020 burn in the Kimberley was "underpinned by plans produced by a division based in Perth" and contained information irrelevant to the local landscape.

The Kalumburu Aboriginal Corporation CEO says she had no choice but to employ her close family members in additional youth worker roles amid ongoing welfare dependency, feuding, and substance abuse in the East Kimberley.

WA police said a member of the public discovered the grenade on Monday evening, making it the third grenade to be found in the Kimberley region in recent years.

Cattle and aquaculture industry leaders say the growing number of Indonesian fishing boats operating off the Kimberley is creating the risk of lumpy skin and foot and mouth disease outbreaks in Australia.

Authorities are investigating how a group of 12 people landed on a remote part of the West Australian coast after travelling by boat from Indonesia.

Police will travel to a remote West Australian island where shocked boat skippers found what they believe are recent burial sites, raising questions about the number of people who are dying unrecorded in Australian waters.

From fewer cyclones to higher temperatures and drier conditions, here's what an El Niño wet season has in store for northern Australia.

He still has a beer named after him at a local pub but few people are toasting the career of Bishop Christopher Saunders. It's been a rapid fall from grace for the senior cleric who's accused of sexual assault and appears to be disobeying Vatican orders. 

After extracts of the Vatican's inquiry into Bishop Christopher Saunders were made public, WA's police force and Attorney-General have requested the Holy See hand over the full report.

Unseasonable rain has hit a region still feeling the effects of a record flood .

Authorities have warned travellers to leave the Gibb River Road today ahead of a likely closure tomorrow, while low-level crossings over the Fitzroy River are also expected to close.

Kalumburu Aboriginal community sits at the gateway to some of the country's more remote and spectacular country, but has turned travellers away since the pandemic emerged in early 2020.

The woman received first aid at the scene before being taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation's leaders are under pressure to explain suspected breaches to its constitution and Commonwealth provisions as members agitate for change.

Kimberley shires say "overly burdensome" bureaucratic hurdles are holding up crucial funds to repair flood-damaged outback roads used by pastoral stations and Indigenous communities.

Ronnie Morgan is setting off on a rare quest — to chart the first road to one of the most remote and stunning landmarks in Australia. But the clock is ticking and the water's rising.

Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation's wide-reaching tourism agenda in the East Kimberley looks set to be reviewed if freshly-nominated directors elect a new chair.

Remote WA hospitals and clinics rely heavily on transient staff, but by giving these students a taste of outback work, stakeholders hope it might inspire them to one day settle permanently in some of the country's most far-flung places.

A subsidiary of Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation runs one of the East Kimberley's prized tourism assets, Home Valley. However a series of failed annual general meetings have increased tension among members and sparked calls for more transparency.

More than 200 medical evacuations were scheduled in and out of Mallacoota in the past year. But by failing airfield standards, it and others in Laverton, Middlemount, Coolah, Kalumburu, and Coombabah have banned instrument landings.

Figures tabled in WA parliament on Tuesday show how the Kimberley's youth crime crisis has emerged since the pandemic. 

Normally, there are three nurses in the remote WA community of Kalumburu. Today, only one remains.

Police in the remote WA town of Kalumburu say they had a "pretty rough night" with wind gusts of up to 100kph, but that it only resulted in minor structural damage to a few houses.

A cyclone bearing down on the northern Kimberley coast is expected to bring destructive wind gusts of up to 130 kilometres per hour and make landfall to the north-east of the remote WA community of Kalumburu.

Tropical Cyclone Anika has formed into a category 1 system and is moving slowly south towards the northern Kimberley coast. A warning zone stretches from Dundee Beach to Mitchell Plateau, including Wadeye, Kalumburu and Wyndham.