Ten new major capital works projects will improve health infrastructure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across the country.

Projects include building and renovating clinics, constructing houses for health workers, improving ventilation and cooling in clinics and building the overall capacity of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS).

More than $15 million will be provided to successful applicants through today’s announcement of Round 1 of the Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme - Closing the Gap - Major CapitalWorks (MCW) program.

Ten new major capital works projects will improve health infrastructure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across the country.

Projects include building and renovating clinics, constructing houses for health workers, improving ventilation and cooling in clinics and building the overall capacity of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS).

More than $15 million will be provided to successful applicants through today’s announcement of Round 1 of the Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme - Closing the Gap - Major CapitalWorks (MCW) program.

The Australian Government is partnering with the Museum of Australian Democracy and the Constitution Education Fund Australia to deliver a civics information program so that Australians can get the facts ahead of the 2023 referendum to recognise the First Peoples of Australia in the Constitution by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

The Government will provide: 

KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: The Assistant Minister to the PM, Patrick Gorman, is with me live in the studio. Angus Taylor says it's a wake-up call for the government that a surplus should be delivered now as a message that the government gets it when it comes to spending restraint. What's your reaction to that?

GLENN BARNDON, HOST: Well, have you given King Charles' Coronation much thought? Will you be sitting down and having a watch on Saturday evening? Well, it's been planned for a long time and it's almost here. So, let's take a look at the big historic event and while remembering the soon to be King's close association with regional WA Midwestern, Wheatbelt, Gascoyne and Murchison. Well, Patrick Gorman is the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister. Good morning to you, Minister.

CHARLIE MCKILLOP, HOST: Well, there is no doubt that the British love a bit of pomp and ceremony, and the Coronation of a monarch is not something that comes along every day. In fact, this is the first time in 70 years this ceremony has been performed. And little wonder there are crowds of people already starting to set up camp near Buckingham Palace in London. Six days out, King Charles and Camilla will travel from the palace to Westminster Abbey in a golden coach on Saturday along a stretch of road known as The Mall.

EDDIE WILLIAMS, HOST: Now the biggest event in the world this Saturday is obviously the Lake Argyle swim. But one of the other major happenings will be in the UK with the coronation of King Charles III. And when the King walks down the aisle – I actually don't know if you walk down the aisle for your coronation, but anyway, when he fronts up at the coronation this weekend, I wonder what will be on his mind. Well, perhaps he'll be reflecting on life lessons that he took from a 1970s trip to Paraburdoo, or from another visit to a working sheep station in rural WA.

The Albanese Government has bolstered its commitment to narrowing the digital divide for First Nations Australians by providing an additional $10 million in funding to the latest round of the Regional Connectivity Program (RCP).

This funding will deliver dedicated solutions to improve digital connectivity for First Nations communities in Central Australia.

The Australian Government is providing $3.1 million to the Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation (ENAC) to operate a boarding facility for around 40 Indigenous secondary school students and families from Derby and surrounding areas.

The facility will be a revamp of the existing Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL) site in Derby.

Due to immediate flood recovery challenges facing the Kimberley region, the Western Australian Government is providing supplementary funding to this project so the vacant hostel can operate as short-term housing for flood-affected families in 2023.

SENATOR THE HON KATY GALLAGHER, MINISTER FOR FINANCE: The Budget we hand down in just over a week's time will be a Budget that addresses immediate challenges. It'll be a Budget that creates more opportunities for more Australians and importantly it will lay the foundations for a more secure and strong and resilient economy. One of the issues we've been dealing with as we've been finalising this Budget is unearthing all the unfunded and terminating programs that actually have ongoing impacts through the Budget process.