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

As I said, for every service their current funding arrangements will be honoured. Some will go until the last day of this year, 30 December; some will go to 30 June 2015. That is the situation at the moment. You are right: they will have to wait until next year. We are making the decisions based on some time, some full consultation with these processes, but there is nobody at this stage who can say, 'If my funding ends on 30 December this year, it will be extended, but if my funding ends on 30 June 2015, it will necessarily be extended.' I have written to every single one of those providers and I have to say that there has been no reflection about any particular concern or surprise in that regard. This is the first time I have had any particular concerns that you have reflected from this particular health service in Ballarat, but I will get in touch with them today and check that out.