Australian government set to take control of 'appalling' town camps

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Updated July 27, 2009 11:32:48

The Australian Government has described living conditions in Aboriginal communities on the fringe of Alice Springs in central Australia, as appalling and in need of urgent change.

But government plans to take over the camps looks set to be delayed even further.

Solicitors acting for one town camp resident are threatening a legal challenge to the takeover on the grounds that the Australian Government hasn't given the camps' Indigenous residents enough notice.

But not all camp residents support the legal action and some say they're desperate for change.

Presenter: Sara Everingham
Speakers: Mark Lockyer, resident of the Hidden Valley town camp; George Newhouse, lawyer for a town camp resident

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