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2008-11-16 Intervention: unintended consequences

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While remote Aboriginal communities are safer, everyday living is more complicated. There's a 600 dollar cab fare to town, and then Centrelink has to approve toys for your kids. Lorena Allam reports from Katherine in the Northern Territory. 'Signs we should have', artwork by Chips Mackinolty.

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