Fiona Dhawunymurruwuy will be evicted on Sunday, along with 120 other First Nations people: ‘There’s no place for me’

The NT government turned down $6.5m to keep the Darwin emergency housing open, saying it’s a ‘waste of taxpayers’ hard-earned money’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Three years after a failing kidney forced Yolngu woman Fiona Dhawunymurruwuy to move from her Arnhem Land home to Darwin, the place she felt most “protected from the outside” in the top end city is…

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Fiona Dhawunymurruwuy will be evicted on Sunday, along with 120 other First Nations people: ‘There’s no place for me’

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