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Premier and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Steven Marshall was warned by his department not to allow a mineral exploration company to drill at a “pivotal” Aboriginal heritage site as it would damage the area and cause “hurt, sorrow and sickness” to Traditional Owners – but he allowed the work to proceed.
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A long-awaited report into the viability and profitability of the $200 million Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre planned for Lot Fourteen has been signed-off by state cabinet- but the State Government is remaining tight-lipped about when it will be released to the public.
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Nearly a year after Oodnadatta was promised that safe drinking water was a priority, SA Water says it will continue charging residents $300 a year for potentially-fatal bore water as infrastructure upgrades for the outback town could be up to 18 months away.
The SA Housing Authority has appointed a prominent Aboriginal affairs bureaucrat to spearhead the rollout a new strategy aimed at reducing the number of First Nations people facing homelessness or living in overcrowded housing.
Hundreds of First Nations people without English as a first language faced South Australian courts last year without interpreters, while $2 million set aside for a new interpreter service four years ago remains unspent.
Children in detention will from today be able to meet with Aboriginal Elders and reflect on their offending in a new outdoor space, as part of a State Government push to curb the overrepresentation of Aboriginal youth in the justice system.
Traditional owners have been formally granted unrestricted access to fish in waters off Yorke Peninsula under what the State Government describes as an Australian-first agreement with a Native Title group.
