Patrick Dodson warns Aboriginal people will be refugees in their own country if communities close

By Dan Harrison
Updated November 22 2014 - 12:18am, first published November 21 2014 - 11:45pm
"We're talking about a living culture": Professor Patrick Dodson. Photo: Damian Kelly
"We're talking about a living culture": Professor Patrick Dodson. Photo: Damian Kelly

Eminent Aboriginal elder Patrick Dodson has lashed the Abbott government's decision to cease funding for essential services in remote communities, a move that has contributed to one state government proposing to close 150 communities.

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