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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Remote aboriginal residents win fight for compensation - You Need To See This

The NT housing authority failed to provide a door to Kwementyaye Young's home for over five years. (HANDOUT/GRATA FUND)

First Nations people living in remote dilapidated housing are entitled to compensation for distress or disappointment, the High Court has ruled.

The Court handed down its decision in the long-running battle between Aboriginal residents of Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa), 85km southeast of Alice Springs, and the Northern Territory housing authority, which began in 2016.

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