A new health clinic will be built in the remote community of Mutitjulu, on the lands of the Anangu people, as part of the Albanese Labor Government’s package of measures to improve First Nations health infrastructure.

The Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney will visit the Mutitijulu community today with the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health, Malarndirri McCarthy, and Member for Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour, to announce the delivery of much-needed funding made available in the October Budget.

A new health clinic will be built in the remote community of Mutitjulu, on the lands of the Anangu people, as part of the Albanese Labor Government’s package of measures to improve First Nations health infrastructure.

The Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney will visit the Mutitijulu community today with the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health, Malarndirri McCarthy, and Member for Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour, to announce the delivery of much-needed funding made available in the October Budget.

The Albanese Government’s first Budget delivers a historic funding commitment aimed at Closing the Gap and improving the lives of Indigenous Australians.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney today jointly announced a First Nations Justice package worth a record $99 million.

Existing justice reinvestment programs have a proven record of reduced incarceration, reduced crime and reduced recidivism.

This includes:

The Australian Government has today introduced a Bill to give the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council more control over its own affairs and to modernise the Council’s governance structures.

The Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Amendment (Strengthening Land and Governance Provisions) Bill 2022 enhances local control over decision making. It also allows the Council to offer home ownership style leases to members of the Wreck Bay community.

On Friday 28 October 2022, the Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Special Envoy for Reconciliation and the Implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and the Attorney General met with the Referendum Working Group (the Group).

The Group started the meeting by acknowledging the death of Cassius Turvey, 15-year old Noongar boy who passed away in tragic circumstances in Perth this week.

PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: The latest Closing the Gap Report in July found the majority of targets weren’t close to being met. And the budget outlines some funding measures, for funding a referendum, for a Makarrata, that are worth discussing with Linda Burney, the Minister for Indigenous Australians, welcome back to breakfast.

LINDA BURNEY, MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS: Good morning, how are you?

PAUL ALLEN, HOST: I am joined by Katy Gallagher, the Finance Minister for Australia on the day after the Budget was handed down. And Minister, thank you so much for joining us. And we just heard from the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers there, also Angus Taylor, the Shadow Treasurer, describing some of the macro conditions that the whole world is facing, really, in terms of rising inflation, the war in Ukraine, what's the best approach here? Do you make cuts or, do you reform taxation?

KARL STEFANOVIC: Well, just five months after coming into power off the back of a fierce election campaign fought largely on cost of living, the Albanese Government handed down its first Budget last night, painting a pretty grim picture of the economy. For a closer look at what impact the budget will have on Western Australia, I want to bring in Federal Member for Perth, Patrick Gorman in Canberra. Patrick, good morning to you. Thanks for your time this morning. It seems that mentions of Western Australia and Perth were scant in this budget.

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its election commitments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians by improving programs and services and investing in self-determination.

This Budget makes our commitment to First Nations people real.

On election night, the Prime Minister made it clear that he would implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart, in full. This Budget delivers on that promise with:

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its election commitments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians by improving programs and services and investing in self-determination.

This Budget makes our commitment to First Nations people real.

On election night, the Prime Minister made it clear that he would implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart, in full. This Budget delivers on that promise with: