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NT Government won’t commit to new houses on homelands, despite pleas
More than 800 houses in some of Australia’s smallest, remotest Aboriginal communities have fallen into disrepair, according to a new report, which suggests a failure in government policy is partly to blame.
Key points:
- The NT Government has released a review into Aboriginal homelands after months of pressure to do so
- Report finds housing across 500 homelands in “generally poor condition”
- Territory won’t commit to rebuilding houses, calls on Commonwealth for help
A sweeping review of the NT Government’s current Indigenous homelands policy was released publicly for the first time yesterday after months of pressure to do so.
It paints a damning picture of how the current homelands policy has been working.
“Housing and related infrastructure…
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