Antinuclear

If they are among the estimated 150 remote Aboriginal communities to close across Western Australia, they say history will repeat itself. It will bring them back to the days when they camped on the fringes of Mullewa, 30km down the road in the state’s midwest.

“They can keep their money — all we want is our land to live on,” said 84-year-old Mr Pearce.

Money has been central in the argument this week over the future of Western Australia’s 274 remote communities and about 60 in South Australia. West Australian Premier Colin Barnett argues his government cannot afford to service the communities which were, until September this year, a federal responsibility…….http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/this-land-is-ours-you-cant-kick-us-off-it-aboriginal-community/story-e6frgczx-1227123627993