Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. The minister of course has been keen to get agreement with the town camps in Alice Springs. First of all, I want to know whether the minister is still hopeful of getting a resolution to this issue. Obviously, we are all aware of the circumstances the people live in in the Tangentyere Council and the town camps. I think it is a shared objective that we see those homes and the infrastructure upgraded. I would certainly like to know whether the minister is continuing to discuss these issues and, if so, what the program is for resolving them. I did have the impression that he was still keen to get a resolution to this very important housing problem.

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