Evacuees from flooded remote Indigenous areas in NT housed in compound likened to ‘a prison camp’

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Evacuees from flooded remote Indigenous areas in NT housed in compound likened to ‘a prison camp’

Hundreds of evacuees from remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory have been housed behind temporary fences and denied visitors after being forced to evacuate their homes in the most …

Hundreds of evacuees from remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory have been housed behind temporary fences and denied visitors after being forced to evacuate their homes in the most vicious wet season on record. In March, the Daly River in the NT reached a record peak of 23.93 metres, forcing families from Palumpa and Nauiyu to flee for the second time in four weeks. …

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