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Abe Maddison

Indigenous housing progress staring into funding abyss

Millions in funding for urgent repairs and upgrades in First Nations homelands will soon expire. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Urgently needed long-term funding to address the housing crisis in remote Aboriginal communities will be vital if Australia is to hold off abject and worsening First Nations poverty.

It is a message that has been personally delivered, with a delegation of Elders highlighting the critical importance of funds for sustainable accommodation, infrastructure and essential services on homelands during a meeting with powers that be in Canberra.

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