The Central Land Council, one of Australia’s most powerful Aboriginal land councils, has called for a lockdown in central Australia as coronavirus spreads through vulnerable Indigenous communities.

Just over half the Indigenous population in the Northern Territory has received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, but growing case numbers in Aboriginal communities have prompted the Central Land Council to accuse the NT government of failing Central Australia.

Today on Please Explain, Indigenous affairs reporter Cameron Gooley joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the outbreak in central Australia.

The Central Land Council, one of Australia&rsquo;s most powerful Aboriginal land councils, has called for a lockdown in central Australia as coronavirus spreads through vulnerable Indigenous communities.
Just over half the Indigenous population in the Northern Territory has received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, but growing case numbers in Aboriginal communities have prompted the Central Land Council to accuse the NT government of failing Central Australia.
Today on&nbsp;Please Explain, Indigenous affairs reporter Cameron Gooley joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the outbreak in central Australia.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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