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Alistair Bates

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Sep 17, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Alistair Bates

    Grandmother says system failing despite WA child protection minister's flying visit (opens the original)

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    A South Hedland elder said local children are still being left behind, four years on from the deaths of her three grandchildren. Dorothy Papertalk says many of the systemic failures persist today, as exemplified in reports this week that more than a dozen children were left unsupervised in a home on her street. Politicians are continuing to hotly debate the issue in WA Parliament this week, but one Labor MP has called for all sides to work together. As the West Australian government faces allega

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Alistair Bates

    Third appeal lodged against Australian-record $150m native title payout (opens the original)

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    Fortescue has become the third group to appeal a record Federal Court award of $150.3 million to Pilbara traditional owners. Both the Yindjibarndi people and the WA government have lodged filings of their own. A date for the appeals to be heard has not been set. Australia's largest ever native title payout will face appeals from three sides, with mining billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's Fortescue becoming the latest group to challenge the landmark legal judgement. In May, the Federal Court o

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Alistair Bates

    Minister flies to Pilbara after report of up to 15 kids living unsupervised (opens the original)

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    Child Protection Minister Jessica Stojkovski has arrived in WA's Pilbara amid reports of serious dysfunction in her department. The Department of Child Protection (DCP) has been accused of failing to respond to reports of 15 children living unsupervised in a house in South Hedland. The DCP did not answer questions about its overall response to the reports, while Ms Stojkovski says she is seeking "urgent answers". Western Australia's child protection minister has been dispatched to the Pilbara am

  4. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Alistair Bates

    Qantas slashes allowance and raises luggage prices for island flights (opens the original)

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    Qantas has cut allowances and increased luggage prices for flights to the Indian Ocean territories. Australia's most remote residents say the changes will make it harder to bring critical goods to Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) islands. Federal member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour says she has written to the airline asking it to reverse the decision. When you live on a speck of land in the Indian Ocean a kilogram of essential supplies makes a world of difference. That is what residents are tellin

  5. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Alistair Bates

    Box of photos hidden in an attic sheds new light on historic struggle (opens the original)

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    The glint in Captain Wilson's eye softens as he looks at the decades-old image. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of people who have died. Two men frozen in time on a sun-hardened desert landscape. The Nyamal elder recognises the one on the left. It is him, with a solemn expression and arms set like stone for the task at hand. But it is his companion who seizes his attention. The photograph is one of dozens recently unc

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