Remote communities pay health price for low stock, high prices
"If people are really, really hungry, and there's no food. You know what quenches food craving? Chewing tobacco and smoking.”
Source: crikey.com.au
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The struggle of food stores in remote Indigenous communities
Remote general store managers are stretched out, stressed and under-resourced. As a result, communities are hungry, traumatised and cut-off.
Source: crikey.com.au
Meet the companies feeding remote Indigenous communities
General stores in remote communities control the quality, quantity and cost of products, and so wield a lot of power over Indigenous lives.
Source: crikey.com.au
For a remote general store, breakdowns are business as usual
When systems fail in a remote general store, the closest fix is 452km away. It’s usually on the store manager to come up with a solution.
Source: crikey.com.au
David Van, 'senator sixpack', used official Insta to chat up women
Former Liberal now independent Senator David Van also used terms such as 'babe', 'hon' and 'darling' when chatting with women.
Source: crikey.com.au