Tag Archives: Community Development Employment Projects

The truth about Toomelah

By Tracker, July 5, 2012
The sign announcing the entrance to Toomelah.

NATIONAL: The tiny NSW town of Toomelah has made headlines, and once again it’s because of poverty and community dysfunction. CHRIS GRAHAM takes an in-depth look at the town, and a bad government policy that, above all others, has set the community back decades.

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CDEP closure a wrecking ball

By Brian Johnstone, July 4, 2012

NATIONAL: The closure of the Community Development Employment Scheme proved to be a wrecking ball for Toomelah.

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CDEP: A timeline of destruction

By Amy McQuire, July 4, 2012

NATIONAL: A timeline of the rise and fall of CDEP.

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