Some remote communities hit by flooding in the Gulf of Carpentaria say having a representative on a Voice to Parliament may be the key to them receiving better support in future disasters.
abc.net.au/news/indigenous-people-impacted-by-gulf-of-carpentaria-floods-2023/102136466In the 17 years that Peter Parlow has lived in the outback town of Camooweal, where the Northern Territory and Queensland borders meet, he has never experienced a wet season like the one he is living through now.After losing his wife to cancer last year, Mr Parlow's home became a living memory of the life they built together.
"It brought all that waste right around and you can smell it in the air," he said. "She rang me and I told her to lift things up, but she didn't have time because she was on her own and [had] no help," he said.
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