Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Tomorrow I will be visiting Groote Eylandt, where a number of the sufferers of this disease reside. I will be meeting with the Anindilyakwa Land Council on Groote Eylandt. The land council is the largest contributor to the Aboriginal Benefits Trust Account as a consequence of their industrial export of rutile. They contacted my office to express concern about the inappropriate use of the Aboriginal Benefits Trust Account and they expressed support for the solution we have been able to offer. I will continue to pursue mainstream funding for people with this disease, including through the National Disability Insurance Scheme. I should not have to remind everyone that the best way to pursue this and identical issues is through mainstream health or disability funding rather than asking Aboriginal people to use their own funds.