The Ampilatwatja walk-off: why the Intervention doesn’t workBob Gosford sits down under a shady tree to discuss the NT intervention and income management with Richard Downs of the Alyawarr people, who walked away from the nearby township of Ampilatwatja to camp on Aboriginal freehold land.
Ampilatwatja
Up to their ankles in sewage, a remote community’s patience runs out
The NT community of Ampilatwatja is overrun with raw sewage, and with complete inaction from the government, the residents have finally cracked.
