Port Augusta City Safe program axed, negatively impacting vulnerable community, services say
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Robert Murray utilises Stepping Stones since City Safe was defunded.
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Frontline service providers say the scrapping of an outreach service which helps reduce criminal charges and incarceration is negatively impacting a large group of vulnerable, transient communities visiting the South Australian city of Port Augusta from Central Australia for the hotter summer months.
Key points:
Port Augusta s City Safe program ran for more than a decade before funding stopped in September
Port Augusta Council says while the program was very effective, funding is a state and federal government responsibility
Port Augusta a step closer to having a port after Government green lights development
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JanJanuary 2021 at 8:54pm
An artist s impression of the Port Playford development, which is expected to create up to 80 ongoing jobs.
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The South Australian Government has approved the development of a new export port on the site of a demolished coal-fired power station.
Key points:
Barges will transport commodities from the port to bulk carriers in deeper waters
The local mayor is confident environmental concerns will be kept front of mind
Port Playford will be constructed south of Port Augusta, with the Government touting it as a modern port that will service present and future iron ore projects.