Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The government supports this motion and is committed to funding renal support for remote Indigenous Australians in Central Australia. This includes funding totalling $10 million over three years to the Northern Territory government to develop accommodation in Tennant Creek and Alice Springs; funding of $9 million over three years to Purple House to continue its delivery of dialysis services and a range of renal support activities in Alice Springs and remote communities in Central Australia; and providing a further $6.3 million for the development of additional renal infrastructure in remote communities to assist renal patients to remain in these communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in remote Central Australia experience end-stage renal disease at rates 18 to 20 times higher than that of the wider Australian population. This new funding complements the coalition's commitment of $1.4 billion over three years to continue the delivery of primary health care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.