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19-05-2025
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'Closest thing to paradise': a rare insight into The Kimberley
A saltwater crocodile watches a group of wallabies drinking from the river it calls home. It strikes, missing, as the frightened wallabies frantically scale the steep and unstable riverbank. All but one makes it. This wallaby jumps and it jumps, twisting its body mid-air in panic. The crocodile is still watching, waiting, but this time it's not alone. An eagle nesting nearby is attracted by the commotion. It swoops the wallaby, causing it to tumble into the water. The crocodile strikes again - and this time it doesn't miss. The eagle waits for the crocodile to start feasting and, as flesh, fur and bones are flung across the water's surface, grabs its share. It's a confronting but fascinating start to wildlife documentary series The Kimberley, narrated by award-winning actor Mark Coles Smith, a Nyikina man from the lower Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) area. The stunningly filmed three-part series explores the six distinct seasons on the Nyikina calendar - Lalin, Jirrbal, Willakarra, Koolawa, Barrakana and Willbooroo - through daring camerawork and cutting-edge cinematography techniques. The Kimberley spans more than 400,000 square kilometres - three times the size of England - and is made up of sprawling savannas, towering gorges, rivers, tropical coastlines and desert. The remote region's rugged terrain provides a last refuge for countless rare mammals, reptiles and birds, including the world's smallest marsupial, and the largest and fiercest reptile, the saltwater crocodile. "What we've got here is so special. I've grown up in what is, for me, the closest thing to paradise. The Kimberley," Mark says via phone from the ABC Kimberley's studios in Broome. "The scale of biodiversity and the network of ecological systems here is unlike anywhere else in the world. "The pristine tropical coastline, the savanna, the complex sandstone and limestone geology of the caves, the water networks that sustain life ... it's a real labyrinth of ecology and diversity here, and a time capsule for endemic species and for Australia as a whole. "Australia's mammalian extinction rates are really sobering, so it's quite inspiring to know that in parts of the northern Kimberley, it's the only place on mainland Australia with no recorded extinction, even though that's changing every day as we continue to get encroachments impacting into the space." Mark is a captivating orator who knows The Kimberley intimately. I ask him about saltwater crocodiles and their reputation for aggression. "You know, they are tricky for me. I am now doing spear fishing, I am free diving to 20-metre depths up on the peninsula, and I come across some pretty big sharks, and that's not too bad for me," he says. "I try to read them and judge the situation I'm in, but crocs are a whole other story. You would never see me in the water with a saltwater croc, or if one had been identified in a body of water. "They are the only creature I'm aware of that will actively hunt you across several days, that will watch your behaviour, watch your habits, and then place themselves at a particular point on the riverbank. "They are really cunning and they are really competent in what they do, whether that's taking livestock or feral creatures or native animals. They are adept killing machines. Apart from juvenile bull sharks, which can be quite aggressive, the saltwater estuarine crocodile is the one animal we all agree will actively try to kill us when we're in its habitat." Mark swims contentedly in a waterhole in episode one. How did he know it was crocodile-free? "The biggest thing will be the belly tracks, the belly marks. Our mob can tell what species is in the water from the belly marks on the river banks," he replies. "With the smaller waterholes, it makes no sense for a creature of threat to be in there. There's nothing for it to eat, and it will get hotter during the day, which will make it uncomfortable. There's a myriad of signs to look out for." I mention the documentary's soundtrack and am surprised to learn Mark himself had - unintentionally - composed and produced most of it. "I produce hypnotic, ethereal, cinematic, electronic music under an artist name known as Kalaji, and all of my music is about The Kimberley, my mother's culture and our spiritual connection," he explains. "I never once, when I was composing and producing those pieces, thought they would end up in a wildlife documentary. But the team asked if they could listen to some of my music, and fed it into different parts of the series, and they loved it. "I was really proud to see my music recontextualised in that way." Mark left The Kimberley in 2010 to move to Melbourne to study audio engineering and sound design. While there, his acting career unexpectedly "took off". Beneath Hill 60, Apple Cider Vinegar, Last Cab To Darwin, Sweet As, Kid Snow and We Bury The Dead are among his film credits to date. Television-wise, he is best known as Detective Jay Swan in series Mystery Road. Mark won a Helpmann Award in 2017 for best male actor in a play (The Drover's Wife). "I'd done quite a bit of acting but I never believed it could mature into something tangible," he says. "After 10 years in Melbourne, though, I realised how much I missed The Kimberley, and my family and my community and being a part of my culture, so I moved back. "I wondered if the work I'd done on the East Coast over 10 years meant that I could work from The Kimberley, and over the last four years that seems to be the case, which is something I'm really proud about ... it's very hard to work in the arts, and to do it from such a remote place adds all these additional layers." The Kimberley is a labour of love for Mark, and it shows. "It was a privilege for me to be invited to create on this series. It has that international-standard picture quality, but it also has access to the human story inside the Kimberley landscape," he says. "There are these beautiful vignettes of the people who call this place home, who are connected to this landscape, whether it's from a cultural point of view or from our National Parks and Wildlife Protection Service or our incredible ecologists. "The mosaic that we end up creating is, I think, really unique for a wildlife series." A saltwater crocodile watches a group of wallabies drinking from the river it calls home. It strikes, missing, as the frightened wallabies frantically scale the steep and unstable riverbank. All but one makes it. This wallaby jumps and it jumps, twisting its body mid-air in panic. The crocodile is still watching, waiting, but this time it's not alone. An eagle nesting nearby is attracted by the commotion. It swoops the wallaby, causing it to tumble into the water. The crocodile strikes again - and this time it doesn't miss. The eagle waits for the crocodile to start feasting and, as flesh, fur and bones are flung across the water's surface, grabs its share. It's a confronting but fascinating start to wildlife documentary series The Kimberley, narrated by award-winning actor Mark Coles Smith, a Nyikina man from the lower Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) area. The stunningly filmed three-part series explores the six distinct seasons on the Nyikina calendar - Lalin, Jirrbal, Willakarra, Koolawa, Barrakana and Willbooroo - through daring camerawork and cutting-edge cinematography techniques. The Kimberley spans more than 400,000 square kilometres - three times the size of England - and is made up of sprawling savannas, towering gorges, rivers, tropical coastlines and desert. The remote region's rugged terrain provides a last refuge for countless rare mammals, reptiles and birds, including the world's smallest marsupial, and the largest and fiercest reptile, the saltwater crocodile. "What we've got here is so special. I've grown up in what is, for me, the closest thing to paradise. The Kimberley," Mark says via phone from the ABC Kimberley's studios in Broome. "The scale of biodiversity and the network of ecological systems here is unlike anywhere else in the world. "The pristine tropical coastline, the savanna, the complex sandstone and limestone geology of the caves, the water networks that sustain life ... it's a real labyrinth of ecology and diversity here, and a time capsule for endemic species and for Australia as a whole. "Australia's mammalian extinction rates are really sobering, so it's quite inspiring to know that in parts of the northern Kimberley, it's the only place on mainland Australia with no recorded extinction, even though that's changing every day as we continue to get encroachments impacting into the space." Mark is a captivating orator who knows The Kimberley intimately. I ask him about saltwater crocodiles and their reputation for aggression. "You know, they are tricky for me. I am now doing spear fishing, I am free diving to 20-metre depths up on the peninsula, and I come across some pretty big sharks, and that's not too bad for me," he says. "I try to read them and judge the situation I'm in, but crocs are a whole other story. You would never see me in the water with a saltwater croc, or if one had been identified in a body of water. "They are the only creature I'm aware of that will actively hunt you across several days, that will watch your behaviour, watch your habits, and then place themselves at a particular point on the riverbank. "They are really cunning and they are really competent in what they do, whether that's taking livestock or feral creatures or native animals. They are adept killing machines. Apart from juvenile bull sharks, which can be quite aggressive, the saltwater estuarine crocodile is the one animal we all agree will actively try to kill us when we're in its habitat." Mark swims contentedly in a waterhole in episode one. How did he know it was crocodile-free? "The biggest thing will be the belly tracks, the belly marks. Our mob can tell what species is in the water from the belly marks on the river banks," he replies. "With the smaller waterholes, it makes no sense for a creature of threat to be in there. There's nothing for it to eat, and it will get hotter during the day, which will make it uncomfortable. There's a myriad of signs to look out for." I mention the documentary's soundtrack and am surprised to learn Mark himself had - unintentionally - composed and produced most of it. "I produce hypnotic, ethereal, cinematic, electronic music under an artist name known as Kalaji, and all of my music is about The Kimberley, my mother's culture and our spiritual connection," he explains. "I never once, when I was composing and producing those pieces, thought they would end up in a wildlife documentary. But the team asked if they could listen to some of my music, and fed it into different parts of the series, and they loved it. "I was really proud to see my music recontextualised in that way." Mark left The Kimberley in 2010 to move to Melbourne to study audio engineering and sound design. While there, his acting career unexpectedly "took off". Beneath Hill 60, Apple Cider Vinegar, Last Cab To Darwin, Sweet As, Kid Snow and We Bury The Dead are among his film credits to date. Television-wise, he is best known as Detective Jay Swan in series Mystery Road. Mark won a Helpmann Award in 2017 for best male actor in a play (The Drover's Wife). "I'd done quite a bit of acting but I never believed it could mature into something tangible," he says. "After 10 years in Melbourne, though, I realised how much I missed The Kimberley, and my family and my community and being a part of my culture, so I moved back. "I wondered if the work I'd done on the East Coast over 10 years meant that I could work from The Kimberley, and over the last four years that seems to be the case, which is something I'm really proud about ... it's very hard to work in the arts, and to do it from such a remote place adds all these additional layers." The Kimberley is a labour of love for Mark, and it shows. "It was a privilege for me to be invited to create on this series. It has that international-standard picture quality, but it also has access to the human story inside the Kimberley landscape," he says. "There are these beautiful vignettes of the people who call this place home, who are connected to this landscape, whether it's from a cultural point of view or from our National Parks and Wildlife Protection Service or our incredible ecologists. "The mosaic that we end up creating is, I think, really unique for a wildlife series." A saltwater crocodile watches a group of wallabies drinking from the river it calls home. It strikes, missing, as the frightened wallabies frantically scale the steep and unstable riverbank. All but one makes it. This wallaby jumps and it jumps, twisting its body mid-air in panic. The crocodile is still watching, waiting, but this time it's not alone. An eagle nesting nearby is attracted by the commotion. It swoops the wallaby, causing it to tumble into the water. The crocodile strikes again - and this time it doesn't miss. The eagle waits for the crocodile to start feasting and, as flesh, fur and bones are flung across the water's surface, grabs its share. It's a confronting but fascinating start to wildlife documentary series The Kimberley, narrated by award-winning actor Mark Coles Smith, a Nyikina man from the lower Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) area. The stunningly filmed three-part series explores the six distinct seasons on the Nyikina calendar - Lalin, Jirrbal, Willakarra, Koolawa, Barrakana and Willbooroo - through daring camerawork and cutting-edge cinematography techniques. The Kimberley spans more than 400,000 square kilometres - three times the size of England - and is made up of sprawling savannas, towering gorges, rivers, tropical coastlines and desert. The remote region's rugged terrain provides a last refuge for countless rare mammals, reptiles and birds, including the world's smallest marsupial, and the largest and fiercest reptile, the saltwater crocodile. "What we've got here is so special. I've grown up in what is, for me, the closest thing to paradise. The Kimberley," Mark says via phone from the ABC Kimberley's studios in Broome. "The scale of biodiversity and the network of ecological systems here is unlike anywhere else in the world. "The pristine tropical coastline, the savanna, the complex sandstone and limestone geology of the caves, the water networks that sustain life ... it's a real labyrinth of ecology and diversity here, and a time capsule for endemic species and for Australia as a whole. "Australia's mammalian extinction rates are really sobering, so it's quite inspiring to know that in parts of the northern Kimberley, it's the only place on mainland Australia with no recorded extinction, even though that's changing every day as we continue to get encroachments impacting into the space." Mark is a captivating orator who knows The Kimberley intimately. I ask him about saltwater crocodiles and their reputation for aggression. "You know, they are tricky for me. I am now doing spear fishing, I am free diving to 20-metre depths up on the peninsula, and I come across some pretty big sharks, and that's not too bad for me," he says. "I try to read them and judge the situation I'm in, but crocs are a whole other story. You would never see me in the water with a saltwater croc, or if one had been identified in a body of water. "They are the only creature I'm aware of that will actively hunt you across several days, that will watch your behaviour, watch your habits, and then place themselves at a particular point on the riverbank. "They are really cunning and they are really competent in what they do, whether that's taking livestock or feral creatures or native animals. They are adept killing machines. Apart from juvenile bull sharks, which can be quite aggressive, the saltwater estuarine crocodile is the one animal we all agree will actively try to kill us when we're in its habitat." Mark swims contentedly in a waterhole in episode one. How did he know it was crocodile-free? "The biggest thing will be the belly tracks, the belly marks. Our mob can tell what species is in the water from the belly marks on the river banks," he replies. "With the smaller waterholes, it makes no sense for a creature of threat to be in there. There's nothing for it to eat, and it will get hotter during the day, which will make it uncomfortable. There's a myriad of signs to look out for." I mention the documentary's soundtrack and am surprised to learn Mark himself had - unintentionally - composed and produced most of it. "I produce hypnotic, ethereal, cinematic, electronic music under an artist name known as Kalaji, and all of my music is about The Kimberley, my mother's culture and our spiritual connection," he explains. "I never once, when I was composing and producing those pieces, thought they would end up in a wildlife documentary. But the team asked if they could listen to some of my music, and fed it into different parts of the series, and they loved it. "I was really proud to see my music recontextualised in that way." Mark left The Kimberley in 2010 to move to Melbourne to study audio engineering and sound design. While there, his acting career unexpectedly "took off". Beneath Hill 60, Apple Cider Vinegar, Last Cab To Darwin, Sweet As, Kid Snow and We Bury The Dead are among his film credits to date. Television-wise, he is best known as Detective Jay Swan in series Mystery Road. Mark won a Helpmann Award in 2017 for best male actor in a play (The Drover's Wife). "I'd done quite a bit of acting but I never believed it could mature into something tangible," he says. "After 10 years in Melbourne, though, I realised how much I missed The Kimberley, and my family and my community and being a part of my culture, so I moved back. "I wondered if the work I'd done on the East Coast over 10 years meant that I could work from The Kimberley, and over the last four years that seems to be the case, which is something I'm really proud about ... it's very hard to work in the arts, and to do it from such a remote place adds all these additional layers." The Kimberley is a labour of love for Mark, and it shows. "It was a privilege for me to be invited to create on this series. It has that international-standard picture quality, but it also has access to the human story inside the Kimberley landscape," he says. "There are these beautiful vignettes of the people who call this place home, who are connected to this landscape, whether it's from a cultural point of view or from our National Parks and Wildlife Protection Service or our incredible ecologists. "The mosaic that we end up creating is, I think, really unique for a wildlife series."
ABC News
06-05-2025
- ABC News
Fitzroy Crossing community takes stand against domestic violence after woman's death
Men have taken the lead in a large-scale community march through a remote WA community in a bid to take a stand against the scourge of family and domestic violence. Around 100 people marched through Fitzroy Crossing, around 2,400 kilometres north of Perth, following the alleged murder of a 32-year-old woman by her partner in the town last year. She was the first of two women in the Kimberley to die in suspected domestic violence incidents within six months. As he stood before the silent crowd on Monday, Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC) chief executive Peter Murray said the woman was a family member. Mr Murray speaks out about the impact of domestic violence. ( ABC Kimberley: Rosanne Maloney ) "A lot of people know what my family's been through before Christmas, and we're still in that grieving stage," he said. " So what do we do as a community? We have to wake up. " Mr Murray said drug and alcohol use, disconnection from culture, and poverty were all contributing to violence. "How do we work with those families to make it better for our mob so our kids can live a good life?" he said. Local school children painted signs as part of the march. ( ABC Kimberley: Rosanne Maloney ) Men take a stand The Fitzroy Valley Men's Shed, Gurama Yani U, organised the rally and timed it with the launch of a new anti-violence campaign: Us Without Abuse. Chair Mansfield Mukuchamano said the march was a direct response to the woman's death. "The push for the actual march was in response to that incident … it impacts the whole town," he said. "One of the reasons was that the [alleged] perpetrator was someone the men's shed had assisted to get employment." Mr Mukuchamano says positive change is needed. ( ABC Kimberley: Rosanne Maloney ) Mr Mukuchamano said the tragedy made the group reflect on its role in prevention and how to support men more holistically. "Let's actually have conversations that help to stop violence, that stop drug and alcohol abuse," he said. " Domestic violence exists and it's not accepted, and we should be growing now. " Men's shed director Ismahl Croft said there was a push to "There's a big need to establish men's programs and men's groups, doing a ground-up approach where the community knows the solutions," he said. Mr Croft says there is a push to create more support programs for men. ( ABC Kimberley: Rosanne Maloney ) Region's unacceptable rates of violence The Kimberley continues to record New police data shows 2,018 family-and-domestic-violence-related offences were reported in the region between January and March this year. Family and domestic violence support services: If you need help immediately call emergency services on triple-0 That includes 1,164 assaults and 289 cases of threatening behaviour. There were 565 breaches of family violence restraining orders — the highest monthly total since records began in 2007. In Fitzroy Crossing, local organisations have taken an increasingly public stance on violence. Service organisations joined the community on the march on Monday. ( ABC Kimberley: Rosanne Maloney ) Campaign for hope and healing Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre chief executive Emily Carter said she was hopeful the Us Without Abuse campaign would continue to grow. The campaign launched earlier this year in Broome and has now officially started in Fitzroy Crossing. Ms Carter hopes domestic violence can be tackled by the community. ( ABC Kimberley: Rosanne Maloney ) "It's about Kimberley people talking and the strength of our mob," Ms Carter said. "We are strong in our culture and our communities and whilst we know that we have challenges, we can come together as Kimberley people to address the challenges going forward." The campaign addresses all forms of abuse, including domestic, child, and elder abuse. "We're wanting to change that narrative to say we can overcome this and, of course, our men are needing support as well," Ms Carter said. Community members and Aboriginal elders also attended the event. ( ABC Kimberley: Rosanne Maloney ) Ms Carter said any real progress depended on tackling deeper issues, especially housing and access to services. The Us Without Abuse campaign hopes to eventually travel to other towns across the Kimberley, sharing stories of change and hope. Organisers say it is about reminding people of the strength that already exists in their communities — without abuse. ABC Kimberley — local news in your inbox Get our local newsletter, delivered free each Tuesday Your information is being handled in accordance with the Email address Subscribe
ABC News
05-05-2025
- ABC News
Man jailed for stealing car with woman and child inside from Broome fuel station
A West Australian man who stole a car with a woman and child inside from a Broome fuel station because he thought he was under "spiritual attack" has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years' jail. Troy Dean Allan Carter, 34, appeared in the Broome District Court on Monday and pleaded guilty to two counts of deprivation of liberty and stealing a motor vehicle. The court heard Carter stole the car with a woman and six-year-old child inside about 7.10pm on March 16, 2024, before abandoning it about 5 kilometres away on Djiagween Road. The 34-year-old was with his pregnant partner when he experienced significant stomach pain, which he described as a "spiritual attack". After attempting to call for help at a payphone, Carter spotted a vehicle parked at a fuel station bowser with no driver inside. The 28-year-old woman driving the vehicle had gone inside the shop, while her sister-in-law and six-year-old son were inside. Carter entered the vehicle, told the woman he needed the car and had pain that felt like a "fishbone in his guts". Carter drove the car to Djiagween Road, where he was later arrested. ( ABC Kimberley: Gareth McKnight ) The court heard he drove the car to Djiagween Road and told the woman to keep the headlights on before leaving. The woman drove away, and Carter was arrested later that night. 'Somewhat bizarre' offending While acknowledging Carter's beliefs and the opportunistic nature of the offence, Judge Seamus Rafferty said Carter had placed his needs above those of the woman and child. "It would have been extremely frightening … five to 10 minutes would have felt like eternity," he said. Prosecutor Cameron Henderson said imprisonment was appropriate, citing the impact on the victims and the need to deter car theft. Defence lawyer Rachel Rima said Carter's offending was bizarre and out of character for him, detailing he had no physical or mental health issues. Ms Rima told the court her client believed he had been cursed by a former partner and in his mind was "on the verge of dying", requiring the help of a family member on Djiagween Road. She said the offending was not premeditated and Carter had no intention to detain the woman and child, who he did not know and left physically unharmed. The court heard Carter was remorseful and appreciated the incident frightened the car's occupants. Carter was sentenced in the Broome District Court on Monday. ( ABC Kimberley ) Judge Rafferty said the incident was serious and described the offending as "somewhat bizarre", though said it could be influenced by the context of traditional Aboriginal practices. "They [the car occupants] had no idea who you were; you were a strange man who was in an agitated state," he said. " They didn't know whether you intended to cause them harm. " The court heard Carter had become a peer support officer while at Casuarina Prison, which Judge Rafferty acknowledged. "[I am] heartened by the fact you've used your time in custody to help others," he said. "You are a person who is capable of doing much good." Judge Rafferty determined a total sentence of two years and six months' jail was appropriate, to be backdated to March 2024 to reflect time spent in custody. Carter will be eligible for parole on June 15. ABC Kimberley — local news in your inbox Get our local newsletter, delivered free each Tuesday Your information is being handled in accordance with the Email address Subscribe
ABC News
30-04-2025
- General
- ABC News
ATSB finds pilot pressure, maintenance issues factors in plane's Derby Highway crash
Australia's air safety watchdog has found fuel mismanagement by a pilot and a series of maintenance oversights contributed to a light plane's crash landing on a highway in far-north Western Australia. The Cessna 310, operated by charter company Broome Aviation, was en route to Derby, 2,200 kilometres north of Perth, from Warmun, 600km east of the town, when it landed heavily on Derby Highway, 5km from the town's airport. Startled motorists pulled over to avoid the plane and provided first aid to the seriously injured pilot and an unscathed passenger. The pilot was later The pilot broke every bone in their face after hitting the dashboard of the plane and the report noted they were not wearing an upper-torso restraint. Australian Transport Safety Bureau chief commissioner Angus Mitchell described it as a "complex investigation." "We did find some shortcomings in the training and the consolidation of pilots, but more worrying we found organisational pressures to not report maintenance," Mr Mitchell said. " There were a number of things stacked against the pilot on this day. " ATSB found the fuel gauges were inaccurate and defects were not rectified. ( ABC News: Andy Seabourne ) 'Oppressive culture' The bureau upgraded the scope of its investigation after its initial probe found other pilots at Broome Aviation raised concerns about maintenance, safety and an "oppressive culture." "There was a number of maintenance issues that we found, and that went to one of our findings around the operator themselves not reporting aircraft defects on maintenance releases," Mr Mitchell said. "And also the pressure that pilots had to keep flying the aircraft that they at times considered unsafe." The charter plane was close to Derby Airport. ( ABC Kimberley: Andrew Seabourne ) The ATSB found the plane's fuel gauges were not indicating accurately and that fuel amounts in different tanks were not calculated correctly leading to "discrepancies". The report found Broome Aviation's operations manual did not include a procedure for recording in-flight fuel calculations, leading pilots to adopt varying methods for fuel monitoring. "All the underlying things that should be in place to keep operations like this safe — they weren't in place," Mr Mitchell said. He said the operator had addressed the issues raised by ATSB and modified their processes as a result. Broome Aviation has been contacted for comment. ABC Kimberley — local news in your inbox Get our local newsletter, delivered free each Tuesday Your information is being handled in accordance with the Email address Subscribe
ABC News
30-04-2025
- ABC News
Broome man charged after alleged rape of a woman at Cable Beach 'bush doof'
West Australian police have charged a 19-year-old with raping a woman at a "bush doof" beach party in the tourism town of Broome over the weekend. A police spokesperson said the alleged incident happened at Cable Beach, 2,080 kilometres north of Perth, in the early hours on Sunday. Sexual assault support lines: Police allege the 19-year-old sexually assaulted a woman, who was known to him, in the vicinity of the event on the beach. On Tuesday officers charged the man from Cable Beach with one count of aggravated sexual penetration without consent. The 19-year-old's bail was refused by police and he is set to appear before the Broome Magistrates Court today. "Doofs" are popular in the tourism town with impromptu outdoor dance parties frequently held at local beaches and in bushland just outside the Broome town centre. Reward outstanding after 2022 attack The incident comes as police continue to search for a man who Police on the way to investigate a sex assault that happened a Broome beach in 2022. ( ABC Kimberley: Hinako Shiraishi ) No-one has been charged over the offence which police labelled at the time as "random and vicious". In September 2024 police It was the first time a reward for information was offered for a sexual assault in Western Australia. A police spokesperson said an investigation into the 2022 incident was ongoing. ABC Kimberley — local news in your inbox Get our local newsletter, delivered free each Tuesday Your information is being handled in accordance with the Email address Subscribe
