NT dole scheme slammed as slave labour

ABORIGINAL leaders say the government's proposed work-for-the-dole program is discriminatory and exploitative.

THE NT government's proposed work-for-the-dole scheme is tantamount to slave labour, Aboriginal traditional owners say.

THE Original Peoples Freedom Movement (OPFM) says the scheme is punitive and exploitative and will make people living in remote areas work five days a week over 52 weeks to receive the dole.