Yawuru Native Title Holders Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC

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Type of RNTBC
Trustee
Contact name
Timothy Ognenis
Contact number
08 9192 9600
Postal address
PO BOX 425, BROOME WA 6725
Office address
55 Reid Road, CABLE BEACH WA 6726
Email
governance@yawuru.org.au
PBC size
Large
Region
WA
Date of incorporation
Date of registration
ICN (Indigenous Corporation Number)
7033
PBC link
http://www.yawuru.org.au/

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PBC activity feed

Broome's battle for Bunnings, as Minister intervenes and reverses council decision

The proposal by the native title organisation Nyamba Buru Yawuru (NBY) to build a commercial development next to the town's airport runway was rejected by the WA Planning Commission in June this year. The Planning Minister has overturned decisions and does allow an Indigenous-owned Bunnings development.

From boarding school to station school: Meet the next-generation cowboys of the Kimberley

Tim Mallard is part of a new generation of Aboriginal workers embracing the heat and hard work of the pastoral industry, despite being raised in towns far from the dusty yards. The 18-year-old has only been riding horses for four months, but it feels like a rite of passage for the trainee stockman.

 

Economic development opportunity for Yawuru community

A significant economic development opportunity for the Yawuru people can now commence after the Minister for Planning approved a structure plan for a new bulky retail precinct in Broome. The bulky retail precinct is an economic development opportunity contained within the 2010 Yawuru Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUA).

Fracking threatens Aboriginal land rights in pristine Western Australia country

As demand for cleaner fossil fuel-burning alternative grows, Australian company Buru Energy is exploring fracking in the pristine Kimberley Region amid the Aboriginal peoples’ strong objections Ki.mberley Region amid the Aboriginal peoples’ strong objections.

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