PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: The Government promised to find waste and rorts line by line in the previous Budget and has today come up with a dollar figure on how much can be saved. The Finance Minister Katy Gallagher joins us now. Minister, welcome to breakfast.

SENATOR THE HON KATY GALLAGHER, MINISTER FOR FINANCE: Morning, PK, thanks for having me on.

The October Budget will deliver on the Albanese Labor Government pledge to jointly fund a world-class Aboriginal Cultural Centre for Western Australia.

The Commonwealth is partnering with and matching the McGowan Labor Government’s commitment to this important project with each Government contributing $50 million after jointly funding the feasibility study.

Ballumb Ambul Gadigal yindamarra. Ngadu – yirra bang marang.

I have just said in Wiradjuri, the language of my people – that I pay my respects to the Gadigal people, of the Eora Nation – and honour their custodianship and care for country.

I extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from all “points of the southern sky”.

I am honoured to be delivering the Evatt Lecture for 2022 here in the Charles Perkins theatre.

Thank you to Norma Ingram for the welcome to country.

I begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we gather, the Wadjuk people of the Nyoongar nation, and pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

I extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with us here today.

I would like to thank Khoon Tan, President of the Western Australian Chinese Chamber of Commerce, for the opportunity to join you tonight. I acknowledge:

Minister for Multicultural Interests, the Honourable Dr Tony Buti MLA.

I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we gather, the Wadjuk people of the Nyoongar nation, and pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

I extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with us here today.

I acknowledge President of Relationships Australia WA, Chris Lewis.

Vice Presidents Tony Dobbs and Noelene Jennings.

And board members David Nicholson and Lisa Woods.

The Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme has received more than 500 applications and provided 247 payments to survivors since it opened on 1 March 2022.

The $378 million Scheme seeks to recognise the harm and trauma experienced by Stolen Generations survivors removed as children from their families or communities in the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory, or the Jervis Bay Territory.

The Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme has received more than 500 applications and provided 247 payments to survivors since it opened on 1 March 2022.

The $378 million Scheme seeks to recognise the harm and trauma experienced by Stolen Generations survivors removed as children from their families or communities in the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory, or the Jervis Bay Territory.

MATTHEW DORAN, HOST: Joining us now from Sydney is the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman. Patrick Gorman, welcome to Afternoon Briefing. So is it the BOM? Is it the Bureau? What is it?

Regional communities across Australia will be the beneficiaries of new Australian Public Service (APS) jobs as part of the APS Academy Campus Initiative which is now open for applications.

The APS Academy Campuses will enable Australians wanting a career-change and students in Darwin, Newcastle, Launceston and Townsville to skill up in data and digital roles in the APS, while remaining at home in their communities.

The APS Academy Campuses will offer around 300 flexible data and digital training and entry-level employment opportunities with the APS over three years.

The Australian Government has committed $2 million over two years to expand the holistic case management and support offered to young First Nations people in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions.

The program will be delivered by the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA) and will provide culturally appropriate, wrap-around services to young people navigating the criminal justice system.