Between hotter summers and regular blackouts, Selina, is one of the thousands of Indigenous people struggling to keep fresh food and (in her case) life-saving medication cool
Aboriginal people in remote parts of Australia’s north are struggling to keep fresh food and life-saving medication cool.
“We lose power when it’s very hot,” Bob said. “People get weak in a house with no power,” she said. “We get hungry inside.
Many people depend on heat-sensitive medications such as insulin, while most medications have recommended storage temperatures below 30C. For many, this is impossible to achieve.Bob, who has diabetes, said families in her town, Areyonga, collect firewood from the creek to cook and provide light when the power disconnects, but have nowhere to take shelter from the heat.Irene Nangala says climate change has permanently altered her land.
Houses in the desert become dangerously hot amid increasingly sweltering temperatures. The town of Katherine, for example, which averages six days per year over 40 degrees, experienced 56 such days in 2019. The year before, Tennant Creek recorded 28 days above 40 degrees in one month. Despite the ongoing challenges with energy security, only one Indigenous public house in the NT has had a rooftop solar system installed.
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