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An Aboriginal health service in Ceduna says its government-owned building is a “ticking time bomb” riddled with asbestos and mould, but both the state and federal governments have failed to heed calls for funding to build a new clinic.
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The State Government is seeking public comment on the state of South Australia’s water resources, following the release of a report claiming a lack of accountability and leadership has left regional and remote towns without a secure supply of safe drinking water.
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A lack of government direction and accountability has left some regional and remote South Australian towns without a reliable supply of safe drinking water, a new report has found, prompting calls for a stocktake of the state’s water supplies.
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.
Regional South Australia is on the brink of an “unprecedented” homelessness crisis as repatriated Australians and city-dwellers buy up country properties, leaving locals facing “alarming” waiting lists for affordable housing, advocates say.
After decades of being exposed to potentially fatal bore water, residents in the South Australian outback town of Oodnadatta are finally set to have access to clean drinking water as part of a $41 million State Government pledge.
South Australian taxpayers have been left to foot a “huge” bill to fix corroded infrastructure in Oodnadatta, while some of the town’s elderly Aboriginal residents continue to drink the potential fatal bore water supplied to houses, the outback community’s council claims.
