Work is now underway to improve service delivery to reserves on the outskirts of regional towns that were once used to segregate indigenous Australians from white society.
Complex land tenure agreements between the WA reserves have meant many fail to receive government services, and have become overcrowded and over-run with waste.
Ten communities were selected to receive tens of millions of dollars’ worth of upgrades to essential services, with work due to begin in the second half of the year.