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Community-led suicide prevention training to roll out in Broome
Warning: The following article contains references to suicide, which may distres...
Natasha Clark 18 Mar 2026
Midland clinic expansion boosts Aboriginal health care access in Boorloo
A new $7. 9 million clinic in the Perth suburb of Midland has opened, expanding...
Joseph Guenzler 18 Mar 2026
Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service appoints experienced executive Lesley Nelson to top job
The Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service Aboriginal Corporation board of directors ha...
Giovanni Torre 12 Mar 2026
Perth-based Aboriginal organisations formalise health and wellbeing partnership
Two Perth-based Aboriginal Community Controlled organisations have formalised a...
Natasha Clark 15 Jan 2026
Whadjuk Aboriginal Corporation condemns wastewater overflow into Upper Derbarl Yerrigan
Whadjuk Aboriginal Corporation expressed "deep concern and disappointment" on Sa...
Giovanni Torre 6 Jul 2025
More support needed for community-led respiratory care to close the gap

Culturally safe, community-driven healthcare is helping to close the respiratory health gap for First Nations peoples in Western Australia, but more support is needed to reach those still facing barri...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 30, 2025
Derbarl Yerrigan partnership with Heart Foundation restores vital health program

Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service and the Heart Foundation have announced a partnership aimed at improving the heart health of First Nations people.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 5, 2025
New cultural interpretation hub brings Derbarl Yerrigan stories to life

A new opportunity to connect with the heritage of the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River) is now available to the community, with the opening of the latest River Journeys Interpretation Node along the fores...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 6, 2024
Daughter's heartbreak after seeing mum in Tokyo court

The daughter of an Australian woman detained in Japan on drug trafficking allegations has opened up about seeing her mother for the first time in more than a year.

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Rachael Ward Jul 12, 2024
Japan trial for Donna Nelson could be delayed for months after last-minute move by prosecution

The trial of prominent Indigenous community figure Donna Nelson, detained in Japan, has been delayed two days before it was due to commence. The former chair of the Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service was...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 25, 2024
Japan trial date set for prominent Indigenous community figure Donna Nelson

The trial of prominent Indigenous community figure Donna Nelson will begin in Japan next week. The Ballardong Njaki-Njaki woman has spent 18 months in a Tokyo prison after being accused of smuggling d...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 22, 2024
Aboriginal Elders give WA council green light to return park to Indigenous name

Aboriginal Elders in Boorloo (Perth) have given a Western Australian council permission to change a reserve back to its original First Nations name.

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Brendan Foster Feb 15, 2024
Vincent Council to vote on returning Noongar name to public park

The City of Vincent is set to vote Tuesday night on whether to change Banks Reserve back to its original First Nations name – Warndoolier.

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Brendan Foster Feb 13, 2024
Family calls for Aboriginal health workers in prison system "day and night" after death in custody

The mother-in-law of Wayne Ugle, the young Noongar father who died in custody on 6 November, has called for Aboriginal health workers to be based in the prison system "day and night".

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 16, 2023
Aboriginal mother-daughter duo shine light on nurse shortage on International Nurses Day

Jane Jones has spent over two decades of her career working in healthcare. A finalist for Elder of the Year, she's got two decades working with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Der...

Emma Ruben Emma Ruben May 12, 2023
Maarli Swan Tours to blaze a trail with First Nations-led Derbarl Yerrigan cruises

Noongar and Yamatji man Des Headland has launched First Nations-run cruises along the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River). The former Fremantle Docker recently set up the trail blazing Aboriginal-owned fami...

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Brendan Foster Mar 21, 2023
Derbarl Yerrigan committed to vaccine rollout despite lack of government support

The Perth metro area's only Aboriginal Medical Service desperately needs more funding, with staff "incredibly stretched" by the massive task of immunising Perth's Aboriginal population.

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NIT Aug 30, 2021
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