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Tourists are seen on a boat trip to see the Danggu Geikie Gorge National Park, on the Fitzroy River near Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, Oct. 15, 2022. AAP Image/Richard Wainwright
A petition is circulating in Western Australia (WA) urging the state Labor government to take immediate action on “extremely high” crime rates across the northern Kimberley region.
Nearly one thousand WA residents have signed the e-petition for the remote area that has a 17 times greater per capita rate of domestic violence than metropolitan Perth.
Daryl Vandenberg is a journalist based in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. He is a former news anchor for Canadian radio stations Moose FM, 99.1 FM Ontario, and Newcap Radio.