New figures have confirmed that summer holiday activities in Alice Springs and remote communities across Central Australia, funded by the Albanese Labor Government, have been a great success.

Over the 2024-25 summer holidays, there were more than 24,600 attendances across 1,461 activities delivered by community organisations and local councils.

That includes nearly 16,000 attendances in remote communities.

Young people across Central Australia had the opportunity to learn new skills and stay active, with families coming together to share in the fun.

The Albanese Government has provided funding of $3.6 million over four years to open a Darwin Registry for the new Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) improving access to justice for residents of Darwin and the surrounding area.

The new ART is providing efficient, accessible, independent and fair services for the tens of thousands of people every year who seek independent review of government decisions, such as whether they qualify for an age pension, are compensated for an injury they suffered while serving their nation or receive NDIS funding for essential support.

The Albanese Government has appointed Mr Charlie Kaddy as CEO of the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) for a three-year term.

Mr Kaddy has been acting in the position since 2024 and previously was acting CEO with the Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council.

A proud Dauareb man from the Meriam Nation, Mr Kaddy has extensive experience in governance and leadership programs for the TSRA and brings a wealth of knowledge to the role.

The Albanese Labor Government is building Australia’s future and strengthening Medicare, today announcing $573.3 million to deliver more choice, lower costs and better health care for women.

The package of measures includes:

The Albanese Labor Government is building Australia’s future by investing in training, with new data showing there have been more than 3,700 enrolments across the ACT since the Free TAFE program began in January 2023.

We are continuing to deliver cost of living relief while encouraging more Australians into construction courses.

That’s why we’re making Free TAFE permanent.

It’s also why we’ve announced a $10,000 incentive payment for Australians in construction apprenticeships.

Good morning and thank you Aunty Caroline for welcoming us.

It’s my deepest pleasure to be here with all of you and to see so many familiar faces, but also meeting some new ones and listening to your stories.

You are our leaders as far as I'm concerned, as a Yanyuwa Garrwa woman.

You mob, your stories, you lead us and guide us, as generations that are following behind you.

And so many of all the Aunties and Uncles from the Northern Territory and Aunty Maisie, so many of you here, as well as from right across the country.

The Albanese Government is supporting new ways to help make workplaces safer, more respectful and more equitable for women in traditionally male-dominated sectors, through a new tripartite pilot program.

Workplace and industry-level initiatives aimed at creating more inclusive workplaces will launch in 2025 through a $16.4 million grants program.

The Albanese Labor Government has announced reforms to strengthen the Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) to provide more opportunities for First Nations businesses and entrepreneurship.

Under new criteria, businesses will need to be 51 per cent or more First Nations owned and controlled (or registered as an Indigenous Corporation) to access these Commonwealth procurement contracts.

TOM CONNELL, HOST: HELP loans will also not be treated as debt for reporting purposes. We're joining the panel now, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman, thank you as ever for your time. So housing, I mean, the supply side is still struggling. Here's another log on the fire of demand that'll do one thing to prices, won't it send them up?

Subjects: Closing the Gap, food security in remote communities, economic empowerment of First Nations communities, Anniversary of the National Apology to Stolen Generations, Northern Territory Government discontinuing treaty process.

MALARNDIRRI McCARTHY, MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS: Hi, it's Senator McCarthy here, Minister for Indigenous Australians.

HARRISON PEDERSEN, JOURNALIST: How will Monday's announcement help close the gap?