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The Intervention and Compulsory Acquisition in Town Camps

by Robbo on November 8, 2010

This video was recorded in July 2009 a month before the compulsory acquisition of homes in the town camps was supposed to begin.

This video was produced in defence of Tangentyere Council who was forced to relinquish the homes. It would be interesting to go back and interview these women again about whether benefits have actually been seen, and if so if it was what was promised.

It is an interesting little snapshot

Tagged as: Alice Springs, Intervention, NTER, Tangentyere Council, town camps

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Indigenous News Update – Housing

by Robbo on March 6, 2010

in Indigenous News

Barkly Shire rejects housing maintenance contract as would be prevented from talking about housing program http://bit.ly/aI4CTP

Aboriginal Town camps revamp better late than never: Snowdon http://bit.ly/d2Pwz5

Town camp’s first house being built http://bit.ly/aYkgt8

WORK has started on the first of 85 houses to be built in the Alice Springs town camps http://bit.ly/bksms5

Town camps revamp better late than never: Snowdon http://bit.ly/d2Pwz5

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Tagged as: aboriginal, Barkly, housing, Indigenous, Intervention, news, town camps

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Indigenous News Update – Health

by Robbo on December 4, 2009

in Indigenous News

Infant mortality rates for Indigenous Australians are around twice the rates for all Australians http://bit.ly/5f0S5f

National disgrace: strongyloides still infects as many as 1/3 of the Aboriginal people living in remote communities http://bit.ly/8H4acP

During 2009 Swine Flu epidemic in Australia indigenous Australians were 16% of all hospitalisations Only 2.5% of popn http://bit.ly/8gr6gh

Are City-based journos and policy: a threat to remote Indigenous health? via @Croakey blog. – I think they are. http://bit.ly/5Bdc6h

1200 wild dogs were removed from a Northern Territory town camp following the deaths of two men who were eaten by dogs http://bit.ly/51hHXU

The Indigenous News Updates are sourced from news and other articles from around the country that I have posted on Twitter.

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Tagged as: aboriginal, health, Indigenous, news, strongyloides, swine flu, town camps

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Indigenous News Update – Housing

by Robbo on August 19, 2009

in Indigenous News

Aboriginal Housing Plan. after more than 12 months the first house may soon be STARTED to be built http://bit.ly/asZBG

$50 million in bureaucratic expenses ‘trimmed’ from $700M indigenous housing program. 7% of program. http://bit.ly/2ygrZ3

Federal court case over Alice Springs town camp takeover resumes. Argue that housing assoc do not represent residents http://bit.ly/Zu5E

Refugees in their own land – communities wait on hope as housing program stalls http://bit.ly/yldS9

INDIGENOUS housing in northern Australia is in crisis. Inflated costs, delays in commissioning work on housing. http://bit.ly/tWsxy

Govt insist indigenous people living in filthy, overcrowded “town camps don’t want new houses even though overcrowded Govt insist indigenous people living in filthy, overcrowded “town camps don’t want new houses even though overcrowded http://bit.ly/cak7F