Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) today urged the Australian Government to swiftly implement the recommendations of the Senate Community Affairs Committee's Petrol Sniffing Inquiry report to ensure there is not a resurgence of sniffing in communities in Central Australia.

The Australian

THE Federal Government must force all petrol stations to stock Opal fuel or condemn Aboriginal communities to "re-living the petrol-sniffing nightmare", says a lobby group.

A parliamentary inquiry into petrol sniffing today recommended the government legislate to ensure petrol stations in central Australia sell the "non-sniffable" Opal fuel.

Close to 120 petrol stations have voluntarily switched to the fuel, but a number of retailers in problem areas refuse to stock it.

The Close the Gap coalition has welcomed the Rudd Government’s Report Card on closing the gap in Indigenous life outcomes, in particular the $58.3 million over four years for eye and ear health - with a trachoma element - and the appointment of a Coordinator General for remote Indigenous services.