When West Australian Premier Colin Barnett said last week that he welcomed the announcement of a permanent US military presence in northern Australia), his words are worth considering in a wider context.
Kimberley
The WA ‘precedent’ that opens old native title wounds
A Federal Court decision that a traditional landowner did not have the legal authority to challenge the Kimberley Land Council is “questionable”, according to former Federal Court judge Murray Wilcox QC. It puts the native title issue back on the agenda, writes student journalist Tom McPherson.
Hope and concern jostle as times change for CDEPs
The East Kimberley CDEP is bracing for the awkward fallout of change, writes Kayt Davies.
Kimberley Diamond looks a gem in the rough
What’s been happening at the Kimberley Diamond Company, owners of the Ellendale diamond mine in Western Australia and now the recipient of an opportunistic bid from the London-based Gem Diamond?
