The Prime Minister has announced one billion dollars in over five years of new fund measures to “close the gap” in life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people in Australia.
Lead Convener of the Coalition of Peaks, Pat Turner said “the investment includes some very significant initiatives important to our people's wellbeing like the breakthrough in providing reparations to survivors of the Stolen Generations in territories which was long called for but long denied until now.”
The new plan also included a major injection of funds for a long-overdue upgrade to health services infrastructure for Aboriginal medical services and early childhood support.