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Oodnadatta calls itself Australia's hottest and driest town - but accessing water there has long been fraught with danger. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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For decades, locals in this central South Australian desert town have been charged hundreds of dollars for water which carried the risk of a potentially deadly brain infection.

After years of lobbying by the community, that is finally being fixed. But locals say the provision of other basic services is still severely lacking.

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