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Yuendumu enjoys pool paradise
The manager of a new remote community pool says having a pool is like having a little piece of paradise.[MORE]
Central Australian shires elect presidents
The councillors for three new super shires in central Australia and the Barkly have elected presidents and are preparing for their new roles.[MORE]
Employment deal 'to shore up desert communities'
A new agreement to create employment on Aboriginal land has been signed in central Australia's largest Aboriginal community. [MORE]
Govt dept defends childcare centre funding distribution
The federal Department of Education and Workplace Relations says the funding distribution for a childcare centre in Yuendumu was negotiated and agreed upon by the Central Desert Shire.[MORE]
New management lifts community store
The committee in charge of a community store at Yuendumu in central Australia says there has been a change for the better since new managers arrived in July.[MORE]
Remote NT gets domestic dispute 'cooling off' spaces
Men in remote Northern Territory communities who need to cool down after a domestic dispute now have somewhere to go other than the police station.[MORE]
Centrelink investigating late pension cheques
Centrelink says only a small number of people in a remote Northern Territory community have not received their pension cheques, but it cannot explain why the payments did not arrive in the mail on Thursday. [MORE]
Elderly 'without food' after pension cheques delayed
A store manager in the Northern Territory Aboriginal community of Yuendumu says more than 100 people will go the weekend without food because their pension cheques have not arrived in the mail.[MORE]
Night patrol to end under new Central Desert Shire
The Yuendumu women's night patrol says it will cease operation when the new Central Desert Shire comes into effect on July 1.[MORE]
Yuendumu 'forced' to rethink intervention stance
The remote Northern Territory community of Yuendumu may be a step closer to welfare quarantining.[MORE]
Lifeguard training for outback Yuendumu residents
Residents from a remote central Australian community are swapping the outback for the east coast this week to learn how to be lifeguards.[MORE]
Income management scheme divides Yuendumu
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The policy of quarantining welfare payments has split the Indigenous community of Yuendumu.[MORE]
Yuendumu store protests against intervention
An income management program, part of the Northern Territory emergency response, has been delayed for two weeks in the central Australian community of Yuendumu because the community owned store does not want to be licensed.[MORE]
Calma pushing for story festival to visit more Indigenous communities
Australia's race discrimination commissioner Tom Calma says he wants the Wakakirri story festival to incorporate more outback Indigenous communities in the future.[MORE]
Low remote school attendance blamed on decade of funding cuts
A recently retired teacher from a Central Australian community says student attendance rates are dropping in remote schools because of the lack of Indigenous staff.[MORE]
Dialysis unit seen as act of self-determination
The Central Land Council says a dialysis unit that will be built using money from mining royalties is a symbol of self-determination.[MORE]
Fears aired over men's centre staff training
The manager of a central Australian women's centre has criticised the Federal Government for putting a men's centre in the community without providing training for local staff.[MORE]
Top lawyer hired for hostel discrimination case
A group of lifesaving trainees who were turned away from an Alice Springs hostel have engaged a prominent Sydney lawyer to take their case to the Northern Territory anti-discrimination commission. [MORE]
Anti-discrimination office being considered for Alice Springs
The Northern Territory's anti-discrimination commissioner says some parts of the hospitality industry believe they can treat Aboriginal people as second class citizens. [MORE]
Henderson outraged at hostel discrimination
NT Chief Minister Paul Henderson says he is appalled at claims a hostel asked Aboriginal people to leave.[MORE]
Hostel facing lawsuit after telling Aboriginal people to leave
A backpackers hostel could face legal action after turning away a group of Indigenous people.[MORE]
Yuendumu residents hoping to avoid welfare quaranting
Community leaders at Yuendumu in Central Australia are meeting today in a last ditch bid to stop the quarantining of welfare payments under the Commonwealth intervention.[MORE]
Yuendumu urged to consider new store model
The chief executive officer of Outback Stores is urging the Yuendumu community to engage in talks about the coordination of its store, after the manager said she would resign when income management is introduced as part of federal intervention.[MORE]
Store manager to resign over welfare management workload
The store manager in the central Australian town of Yuendumu says she will resign from her position when income management is introduced to the town later this year.[MORE]
