Petition urging withdrawal of Darwin Dan Murphy s proposal delivered to NT Chief Minister
TueTuesday 15
Helen Fejo-Frith says alcohol outlets are causing so much heartache and pain in Aboriginal communities.
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With just days before an NT Government bureaucrat hands down a decision on Woolworths drawn-out bid to build a Dan Murphy s superstore in Darwin, health advocates and community leaders have produced an online petition carrying 137,000 signatures opposing the proposed development.
Key points:
Aboriginal health organisations have renewed calls for Woolworths to ditch plans to open a new alcohol superstore in Darwin
Woolworths will find out by Sunday if it has been successful in its bid to build a new Dan Murphy s in Darwin
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The Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector (ACCHOS) has been widely lauded for its success with managing the spread of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities - its approach has even been said to be ‘leading the way’ in how to deal with the virus.
Out of 28,000 COVID cases recorded in Australia, as of September only 145 of those were Indigenous Australians - or 0.005%.
Multiple leaders in the sector have cited autonomy and the connection its services have with their local communities as one of the key reasons for its success. But they also acted fast - in many cases, ahead of the federal government, and used common-sense and effective approaches involving face-to-face contact and bringing rapid testing into remote areas to prevent, rather than patch pandemic issues.