The ''Kimberley Echo'' is a

Kununurra, Western Australia Kununurra is a town in far northern Western Australia located at the eastern extremity of the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley approximately from the border with the Northern Territory. Kununurra was initiated to service the Ord River ...

based community newspaper.

History

It was founded in 1980 by James O'Kenny, and Brian Cole. It was a fortnightly paper from 1980 to 1993, and then became weekly in 1993. National Library and

Battye Library The J S Battye Library (more properly known as the J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History) is an arm of the State Library of Western Australia. It stores much of the state's historical records and original publications including books, ...

holdings details show changes in publication. In 2007, the newspaper was acquired by West Australian Newspaper Holdings. The

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the chief competition regulator of the Government of Australia, located within the Department of the Treasury. It was established in 1995 with the amalgamation of the Australian Tra ...

investigated the sale, but did not oppose it.

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