In a remote Northern Territory community where lunch can cost $50, residents say youths are turning to crime to fill their bellies.
Keith Rory is worried he cannot afford the healthy diet he has been told he needs to manage his diabetes.Remote Northern Territory residents fear a government commitment to provide dialysis treatment will be undermined by a lack of access to affordable, healthy food.Leaders of a remote Northern Territory Indigenous community are pleading with the federal government to match a commitment to dialysis treatment by addressing soaring food prices that make healthy eating all but impossible.
Borroloola Garawa community leader Keith Rory said the promised dialysis clinic was welcome after too many elders, including members of his own family, had to move hundreds of kilometres away to access regular treatment. "I'm on a diet for and I need really good, healthy food, so we need reduce the prices in the shop."For traditional owner Josie Davey, a lunch of three small serves of chips and a slice of pizza for her family from one of Borroloola's two food shops costs more than $50.
But she says her work is made more difficult because many families can't afford to feed their children properly. "The federal government really need to increase the Jobseeker payments and the family benefits. All the payments need to be increased."
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