Alice Springs town campers sick of begging for ‘bandaids’ on decades-old issues | ABC NEWS
The living conditions and management of town camps in the Northern Territory have faced renewed scrutiny as national attention turns to Alice Springs after the alleged murder of Kumanjayi Little Baby.
Town camps on the outskirts of Alice Springs were established because of racist policies that prevented Aboriginal people displaced from their own lands from entering town limits.
The ABC was invited into Charles Creek/Anthelk-Ewlpaye town camp to talk to renters frustrated by ‘bandaid’ solutions from the Territory government.
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