Bleak picture: Report finds Cape towns torn apart during COVID

Thursday February 04, 2021

Behind the COVID-19 cordon, some Indigenous communities had a troubled 2020, and the pandemic response only made things worse.

At least six homes were set on fire in Aurukun following the alleged murder of a 37-year-old man. (Photo: AAP Image/Supplied by Queensland Police)

The Family Responsibilities Commission, a welfare reform body established to bring about social and community change, had to suspend or overhaul services to prevent COVID-19 threatening vulnerable populations.

While the commission forged ahead, 2020 was a year of much broader upheaval on…

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