The Wire

The Aboriginal lands in the north of South Australia , the Anangu-Pitjijjanjara or APY lands , made headlines across the country this morning. A 10 month enquiry has found that as many as 1 in 5 Aboriginal children on the lands are being abused, that young sniffers are offering sex for petrol and that many young girls have contracted sexually transmitted diseases. Scott Wilson is head of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council. He says that these shocking revelations are nothing new to people working in the area.