Rising fuel prices are making it harder for Indigenous mothers and their babies to get food, medicine and health care in remote areas in the Northern Territory. 

Charles Darwin University Professor of Indigenous Health and Nyikena Yawuru woman, Yvette Roe says health outcomes will plummet unless a steady supply of fuel reaches communities.

Also in this week’s episode:

• The Senate has passed a bill supporting the National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People. 
• The Mayor of Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council calls for help after being isolated by flood waters. 
• And the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria election is underway. It's the first poll during the state’s Treaty era.

This Week’s episode is presented by Harrison Pedersen.