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Disaster assistance following damaging tropical low
Disaster assistance has been made available to help communities recover from the damage caused by a tropical low that recently made its way down the Western Australia coast.
The Shires of Carnarvon, Upper Gascoyne and Derby-West Kimberley will be eligible to receive financial assistance through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
Minister for Emergency Management David Littleproud said the system produced strong winds and resulted in significant rainfall.
“The Bureau of Meteorology reported that Carnarvon received more rain in 24 hours than it received for all of 2020, which has led to significant damage, in particular to the road network,” Minister Littleproud said.
Peter Salmon, last speaker of endangered Thiinma language, travels through WA to teach it
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years old and the last speaker of the Thiinma language.
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Thiinma is a critically endangered language and Peter Salmon is its last native speaker
Mr Salmon embarked on a two-week trip to the remote Upper Gascoyne region of his childhood
The aim of the trip was for the Thiinma language to be recorded, shared and spoken
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