Vol 4 No 2 April 2004 - June 2004: ISSN 1445-7253
A peer-reviewed electronic journal from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Current topics
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Links to Commonwealth Budget 2004-05: information of relevance to Indigenous health
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello delivered his ninth Commonwealth Budget on Tuesday evening, 11 May 2004. The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health.
Full Budget details
Full Commonwealth Budget details are available at the official Budget
website.
Health and Ageing Portfolio Budget 2004 - 2005
2004-05 Portfolio
Budget Statements for the Health and Ageing Portfolio are available
on the Commonwealth
Department of Health and Ageing website. Part C discusses the performance
of individual outcomes within the Department, and includes Outcome
7: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (PDF
- 116 KB).
Information on Indigenous funding is included in the media statement More funds for Indigenous primary care from the Hon Tony Abbott, Minister for Health and Ageing.
Further general details regarding the Health and Ageing Portfolio Budget are available in Health and Ageing Budget at a glance and on the following web pages:
| Health Budget | Ageing Budget |
| Health
media releases Health fact sheets |
Ageing
media releases Ageing fact sheets |
Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
2004-05 Portfolio
Budget Statements (PDF - 2.9 MB - large file warning!)
are available on the Department's
website.
Part C of the document includes sections on the following (view links to various sections)
- Aboriginal Hostels Limited;
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies;
- Indigenous Business Australia;
- Indigenous Land Corporation; and
- Torres Strait Regional Authority.
Indigenous Affairs statements (released 11
May)
Australian Government announces new initiatives in Indigenous affairs
- Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.
View
media release
Other media releases
$20 million for the Indigenous community volunteers - Minister for Employment
and Workplace Relations
View
media release (released 11 May)
$13 million for Indigenous youth employment consultants - Minister for
Employment and Workplace Relations
View
media release (released 11 May)
Continuing our commitment to Indigenous learning - Minister
for Education Science and Training (released
11 May)
View
media release
$2.1 billion to accelerate Indigenous education outcomes - Minister for
Education Science and Training (released
11 May)
View
media release
$14 million to improve Indigenous student literacy - Minister for Education
Science and Training (released 11 May)
View
media release
$ 179 million boost for school-based Indigenous tutoring
- Minister for Education Science and Training
(released 11 May)
View
media release
Indigenous education strategic initiatives programme - Minister for
Education Science and Training (released
11 May)
View
media release
Indigenous Australians Are Costello’s Forgotten People - Shadow
Minister for Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs (released
12 May)
View
media release
Indigenous Health Budget is $290 million short - Democrats
Senator for New South Wales, Australian Democrats spokesperson for Indigenous
Affairs (released 12 May)
View
media release
2004 Budget - real issues in Aboriginal Health forgotten - NACCHO (released
12 May)
View
media release
Opportunity and Responsibility for Indigenous Australians - Leader of
the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs
(released 15 May)
View
media release
ABC News articles
Govt shifts ATSIC funding to communities
View
article (11 May)
Budget a mixed result for Indigenous people: ATSIC
View
article (12 May)
