Fuel Budget for Australian Remote Desert Artist Group Hits $55,000

Indigenous men make spears during Garma Festival 2022 at Gulkula in East Arnhem, Australia, on July 30, 2022. Tamati Smith/Getty Images

The organisation that supports Aboriginal weaving artists working in the remote Central Australian desert is facing a fuel bill of A$55,000 (US$36,890).

The Tjanpi Desert Weavers represents more than 400 Anangu and Yarnangu women artists on the NPY (Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) Lands.