Town camp litigant predicts spike in Indigenous homelessness

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An Aboriginal activist has launched legal action against the government for not properly consulting residents about its plan to seize control of Alice Springs town camps. And she says there will be a spike in indigenous homelessness if the takeover goes ahead. But the government insists it’s the only way to improve living conditions.

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Monday, July 27 2009
Produced By Michael Edwards
Featured in storyBarbara Shaw - aboriginal activist from the Mount Nancy Town CampLarissa Behrendt - Professor of Law at the Jambana Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, SydneyNigel Scullion - Country Liberals Senator for the Northern Territory
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