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WAtoday – Five women assaulted in five days as the Kimberley’s cycle of violence continues

We are deeply concerned about the growing number of family and domestic violence matters in Derby and across the Kimberley that are not resulting in successful prosecutions.

Recent business email compromise

Information about a recent business email compromise

ABC News – Climate Risk Assessment

KCLS CEO Matt Panayi speaks to ABC on the risks of the Climate Risk Assessment for the Kimberley community

Media Release – NCRA Report confirms need for climate-resilient public housing in the Remote Kimberley

Kimberley Community Legal Services (KCLS) says the National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA) report reinforces what residents in remote Aboriginal communities and towns across the Kimberley have been saying for years: public housing in the region is not fit for a changing climate now, let alone with the projected increase in risk between now and 2050.

Media Release – Auditor General’s report confirms urgent need for Public Housing Maintenance reform in WA

Kimberley Community Legal Services (KCLS) has welcomed the findings of the WA Auditor General’s new report into the management of public housing maintenance, saying it confirms what Kimberley tenants have been telling them for years: the system is failing.

National Indigenous Times – Audit exposes public housing system failures in Kimberley’s remote Aboriginal communities

National Indigenous Times reports on the findings from a new WA Auditor General reports that shows the current system of public housing maintenance not working