Facilities
Mail is delivered twice a week by air mail bag.
Ernabella Arts Inc is the longest continually running aboriginal arts centre in Australia. It has a school teaching Reception through to senior high school. Technical and further education (TAFE) facilities for the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands are based at Pukatja.
The community store sells grocery supplies, clothes and hot food, and has EFTPOS facilities. The garage has basic parts and diesel fuel. The clinic has three registered nurses and the doctor is based here, but often absent visiting other communities.
The medical clinic is staffed by a doctor and 3 nurses, as well as Anangu Health Workers.
A basic police station exists at Pukatja, and is not permanently manned. In July 2007, the Police Association of South Australia described the stations as "dirty" and "ill-equipped", and a "disgrace". The Pukatja station is due for replacement, though its preferential status is in doubt with apparent priority for a station upgrade at Amata. In response to that criticism, a month later the SA State Government announced that it would spend A$7.5 million at Amata and Pukatja for new police stations, court facilities and cells along with associated police housing and facilities.
Even in this remote area, houses have telephones, access to multiple television channels including (Imparja and ABC), and mail is delivered twice weekly by air from Alice Springs. As with most APY settlements, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Special Broadcasting Service television are available.
The Uniting Church in Australia has a congregation in Pukatja.
A permit is required for a member of the public to visit any community on the APY Lands, as they are freehold lands owned by the Aboriginal people.
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