Australia's intervention policy marks a year
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One year into the intervention into remote Aboriginal communities to help overcome dysfunction, Australia's federal indigenous affairs minister has received a report suggesting some indigenous communities may not be economically viable.
The intervention taskforce strongly recommends considering which Aboriginal communities are economically viable, based on their size, location and ability to lure private sector investment. It says new spending on housing, police and schools should go to those communities.
The federal Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin will now consider the report, but gave a hint of her view saying she wants to make sure parents are able to get employment.
Jenny Macklin didn't attend a protest against the intervention, just a block away from her announcement.
The Gurindji activist Maurice Japarta Ryan fears smaller communities could be wound up. He says every part of the country belongs to some nation.
Others at the rally said the intervention undermined Aboriginal sovereignty.
