An unflinching portrait of Australia's remote Indigenous communities and their struggle to survive. Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently provoked furious debate by describing life in these communities as a "lifestyle choice" and the Commonwealth has withdrawn its funding. Communities in Western Australia are now facing possible closure, provoking protests around the country. But this Four Corners report confronts the uncomfortable truth about life in these communities. The Four Corners team travelled across the rugged Kimberley region of Western Australia to visit some of the settlements under threat. In some, they found grinding poverty, no jobs and little hope. In others they were told of appalling stories of sexual abuse and neglect. But they also found community leaders determined to tackle the dysfunction.

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