Nova Peris (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. I refer to the minister's decision to cut over half a billion dollars from Indigenous programs and merge over 150 individual programs into five streams. Does the minister agree with the assessment by an officer of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet who said, 'Staff are still unclear how the new program arrangements will be assessed and managed,' and that his takeover of Indigenous affairs is in disarray?