Tony Abbott says living in remote communities is a ‘lifestyle choice’. For the thousands of Indigenous people who actually live in them, it’s a matter of life and death. A special report from Guardian Australia’s Perth correspondent There are three small communities within 30km of each other in the Kimberley, the isolated north-western corner of Australia.Because of a new funding deal struck between Australia’s state and federal governments, two of those communities could be closed.
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