Linda Burney (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

I'm about to tell you if you stop. Twenty-five million dollars was expended to keep those youth services open. That's the first thing. The second thing is that recently I announced an $18.4 million package in terms of FASD, ADHD and other neurological issues faced by children in Central Australia. For the Congress of First Peoples, which is the Aboriginal medical service out there, this means that they can reach double the number of children that were previously part of the FASD program.

We have also expended money through Minister Clare—$40.1 million—in terms of the schools right across Central Australia. This means schools like Yuendumu get an extra $1.4 to $1.8 million. So $40.1 million across schools in Central Australia has been expended. We have spent $2 million on the Tangentyere women's service, which means that they are able to service more people in the town camps when it comes to domestic violence.

We've expended over $100,000 in Katherine in terms of the legal service there that particularly serves women that have been victims of domestic violence. We are laying out plans now, working with the local government association, for $18 million into justice reinvestment programs.

That is not everything, but it gives you a very good example of what we're doing in Central Australia. We take our responsibilities there extremely seriously.

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