Eminent Aboriginal elder Patrick Dodson has lashed the Abbott governments decision to cease funding for essential services in remote communities, a move that has contributed to one state government proposing to close 150 communities. Professor Dodson, known as the father of Aboriginal reconciliation and who authored a review of small communities known as outstations or homelands, for the NT government in 2009, said the move would make Aboriginal people refugees in their own country and threaten ancient living cultures. WA Premier Colin Barnett said that his state might need to cut essential services such as power and water from more than half the states Aboriginal communities after the federal governments decision to withdraw from funding these services in remote indigenous settlements from next July. Read more follow the link
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 08:06:25 +0000
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