This is a healing journey for us – this is just the beginning!

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Hundreds of Aboriginal people from Mpartnwe/Alice Springs, local town camps and surrounding remote communities attended a highly successful community gathering to progress and develop a culturally appropriate response to address crime and social issues impacting across all of Central Australia.

“We are not the problem we are the solution. We need to be listened to.”

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The meeting which lasted for more than three hours attracted a diverse range of Aboriginal people including local Arrernte Elders and leaders from other communities including Ntaria,Yuendumu and Ltyente Apurte.

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“I cry for this country- our old people are never going to go away!”