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

It's not rubbish. We spent $20 million on propping up those youth services. We've also invested into family violence centres. We've made major investments in health, particularly in relation to the diagnosis of things like foetal alcohol syndrome and other neurological issues. That is proving very resourceful. We spoke just last week to the Northern Territory leader in relation to the rollout of law and order in Central Australia.

Finally, the announcements that were made last week by the Prime Minister go very much to the heart of this—an additional $4 billion of housing for the Northern Territory, which will have enormous roll-on effects in terms of child safety and child participation at school. The Minister for Education made a major investment in terms of education—a billion-dollar commitment to getting the schools up to the Gonski standards in the Northern Territory, which was going to take until 2050, but will now happen in the next year or two. The other thing is that we are in very close liaison and contact with people— (Time expired)

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