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UPDATE: Thanks to GetUp members' support, the delegation traveled to Canberra to meet with key politicians during the week of the 7th September. You can see how it went by watching the video here.
The campaign continues so keep your signatures coming in!
A delegation of Indigenous leaders from homeland communities are meeting with key politicians on Tuesday - at stake is the future of over 600 vibrant communities.
Add your name to the petition they will deliver next week:
Dear Prime Minister, Minister Macklin and Chief Minister Henderson,
We ask you to increase investment in homelands which create healthy lands, healthy communities and healthy people. We ask you to provide practical support for what is working on the ground rather than limiting basic services to growth towns and forcing people to move from their ancestral lands. If you are serious about closing the gap then we ask you to listen to Indigenous voices."
30,417 have joined this campaign - help us get to 35,000.
We have achieved 86.91% of our goal. Let’s keep going!
Homelands Map
Many homeland communities are located hundreds of kilometers from the larger Territory Growth Towns' where access to basic services such as health, education, housing is available.
Click on the map below to see the broad spread of homeland communities across the Northern Territory, the large distance from the 'Growth Towns' and the successful projects that are running in homelands. You can also see locations of GetUp members who have signed the petition.
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