Aurukun teachers evacuated for second time as Premier promises to fly in, by Amy Remeikis.

For the second time this month, the Cape York Academy’s 25 staff voted to leave the Indigenous community, after principal Scott Fatnowna and his wife were allegedly threatened by youths carrying knives and machetes on Saturday night.

That followed an earlier incident in which Mr Fatnowna was allegedly attacked by youths carrying an axe and carjacked after he came to the aid of two female staff who had called for help after youths allegedly attempted to break into their accommodation.

Most of the academy’s staff had only returned to the community last Thursday, but tensions at the weekend led them to again ask to leave.

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