The South Australian Marshall Liberal Government has  announced a  six million dollar cut  to Aboriginal Affairs,  along with   grant funding paid to SA Native Title Services which  engages in Native Title  negotiations with the state. 

The Marshall  Government will also halve of the number of staff working in the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation division, including the removal of the Office of the Treaty Commissioner.

Tauto Sansbury,  a Narungga  man  from  Point Pearce Mission on the Yorke Peninsula says although he knew that  the Marshall government would  drop the states Treaty negotiations before  it won  Government…an even bigger concern is that the Premier is also the Minister responsible for  Aboriginal Affairs..

Listen to the full interview with Paul Wiles here :