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ABC News – Seven in 10 Kimberley public housing tenants waiting on urgent repairs, report finds

ABC Kimberley has featured KCLS’s new report, Broken By Design, which draws on the experiences of 166 public housing tenants across 22 Kimberley locations and calls for reforms to improve housing maintenance services.

Media Release – Kimberley report calls for the end to centralised housing maintenance model

Kimberley Community Legal Services is calling on the WA Government to replace the current Head Maintenance Contract model with community-led, locally delivered maintenance services and a planned preventative maintenance program that keeps homes safe and functional.

Media Release – KCLS welcomes housing waitlist reform but urges Government to look at whole housing system

Media Release – KCLS response to the 2026 WA State Budget

Kimberley Community Legal Services welcome WA Budget reforms, but housing crisis demands stronger action that includes public housing

ABC News – Warning about financial abuse of First Nations elders as lack of digital literacy risks security

KCLS Caseworker Richard Wilmott spoke to ABC about the prevelance of ‘humbugging’ and Elder Abuse in the Kimberley Region.

Kimberley Campaign ‘Us Without Abuse’ wins Regional award at annual AdNews awards

Our ‘Us Without Abuse’ campaign has been celebrated at annual AdNews awards in Sydney