Was not aware that the rate of homelessness in the NT is twelve times that of the national average.
"This is the story of climate collapse in the Northern Territory. It is a story of class and race."
“The Territory’s budget depends on the poor staying poor. While successive governments speak of self-determination and thriving Aboriginal communities, the reality is different.”
#AusPol #NorthernTerritory
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/23016/FBUBJ8m

Inside the Northern Territory’s brutal evacuation shelters
She paces the sideline of the basketball court beneath the absinthe green glow of the scoreboard, her youngest slung over her shoulder. It’s 10.35pm and there is no way this baby is going to sleep. He is mesmerised by the nearly 300 people crammed into the evacuation shelter on Katherine’s east, as ex-tropical cyclone Narelle threatens to bring heavy rainfall and strong winds to the Top End. Shoulder-to-shoulder camping stretchers line the multipurpose high-school gym.







