Indigenous Australians told to &quot;wash for fuel&quot;

December 9, 2004 

Under a draft plan of the Australian Federal Government's "mutual obligation" agreements, members of the Aboriginal community Mulan in Western Australia will be obliged to ensure that homes and yards are clean, students attend school, rubbish bins are emptied twice a week and that children undertake frequent facewashing. 
As a "quid pro quo" the community will receive $172,000 AUD in federal funding for petrol bowsers and fuel stations, while the Western Australian Government will provide regular testing for skin infections, worm infestations and the eye condition trachoma, which is widespread in Mulan. 
Community administrator Mark Sewell approached Wayne Gibbons, a former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission chief executive, to initate an agreement four months, once it became clear that the face-washing program at the Mulan Catholic school was having a positive effect. The program, which has been running for eighteen months, has reduced the levels of trachoma among students from 80% to 16%.
Indigenous Australians told to & quot;wash for fuel&quot ; December 9 , 2004 Under a draft plan of the Australian Federal Government 's " mutual obligation " agreements , members of the Aboriginal community Mulan in Western Australia will be obliged to ensure that homes and yards are clean , students attend school , rubbish bins are emptied twice a week and that children undertake frequent facewashing . As a " quid pro quo " the community will receive $ 172,000 AUD in federal funding for petrol bowsers and fuel stations , while the Western Australian Government will provide regular testing for skin infections , worm infestations and the eye condition trachoma , which is widespread in Mulan . Community administrator Mark Sewell approached Wayne Gibbons , a former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission chief executive , to initate an agreement four months , once it became clear that the face - washing program at the Mulan Catholic school was having a positive effect . The program , which has been running for eighteen months , has reduced the levels of trachoma among students from 80 % to 16 % .
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