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A member of the Maningrida community in the Northern Territory's Arnhem Land says he cannot see any infrastructure changes as a result of the emergency intervention, and wants to know where the money has been spent.
Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Ian Munro says the intervention has failed to deliver on improvements in housing and health services.
He says the only visible change he can see is a few empty shipping containers where some of the intervention staff once lived, and no new houses.
Mr Munro says he believes it is the same situation in all 73 prescribed Aboriginal communities.
"It's disappointing for people who had hoped that the financial muscle of the Commonwealth Government would create significant improvements in the lives of these Aboriginal citizens," he said.
"Particularly in such prosperous times for our nation it simply doesn't seem right to see Aboriginal people living 25 to a house and living in a certain level of despair about their futures."
"Eight hundred additional Commonwealth public servants doesn't seem to me like a good investment when Maningrida, the largest community in the Northern Territory, can't have a dentist or a child protection worker or a youth worker."
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