New worries about APY Aboriginal land funding

There's fresh concern about funding on South Australia's APY Aboriginal lands.

APY Land

APY Land

There's fresh concern about funding on South Australia's APY Aboriginal lands.

Some media reports have suggested federal money has been cut - a claim the federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has dismissed as inaccurate.

It comes just weeks after the federal government signed a deal with the South Australian government over service delivery to the remote region, some1200 kilometres north-west of Adelaide.

South Australian correspondent Karen Ashford explained to Kristina Kukolja exactly what's happening to the funding.

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