Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Assistant Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

I am also pleased to advise that on my recent visit to Darwin to attend the Indigenous Health Summit the Australian government, the Northern Territory government and the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory, AMSANT, recommitted to a framework agreement aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The renewed five-year agreement from 2015 to 2020 promotes shared responsibility and the need for genuine, ongoing partnerships between Aboriginal community controlled health services and both levels of government. The initiative is another example of a coalition government that is able to work constructively with states, territories and NGOs to achieve improved planning and program implementation for Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

This coalition government is committed to improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to close the gap in health disparity.