🇦🇺Aurukun: Mining for a future | Witness

Aurukun in Queensland is one of Australia’s most remote aboriginal communities. It is also considered one of the most destitute and dysfunctional. Unemployment hovers around 80 per cent and the local school is one of the worst-performing in Queensland. Tribal violence is part of everyday life and there are around 100 government agencies for a population of only 1,200.

Gina is an aboriginal businesswoman from Aurukun and like her mother before her, she is not after hand-outs or hand-ups from the welfare system. She wants to make a meaningful difference in her community – the Wik people – by providing skills and economic opportunities for them.

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