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Energy insecurity in remote Indigenous communities in the NT is exacerbating the spread of Omicron

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Annalissa Young has joined other Aboriginal frontline health and social service providers' call on the NT Chief Minister to act. Source: A. Young

Residents are forced to self-isolate in overcrowded and inhumane public housing conditions in Santa Teresa, as well as nearby communities in the NT, exacerbating the spread of the Covid outbreak. Additionally, with average summer temperatures above 35°C, the increased electricity demand has resulted in record power disconnections.

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Residents are forced to self-isolate in overcrowded and inhumane public housing conditions in Santa Teresa, as well as nearby communities in the NT, exacerbating the spread of the Covid outbreak. Additionally, with average summer temperatures above 35°C, the increased electricity demand has resulted in record power disconnections.

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