Warren Mundine offers the best case yet for a referendum NO vote, much to the horror of young reporters at Press Club

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Unfortunately you betray your lack of erudition and research skills in once again trotting out the proven false claim that $40 Billion is spent on First Nations People annually. I will make it easier for you:

‘Budget Review October 2022–23 Index

Sally McNicol

This article considers Indigenous-specific measures across portfolios in the Budget October 2022–23, and other measures relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Measures covered include health, housing and infrastructure, land and waters, economic development and education, and safety. These categories are consistent with the new Closing the Gap Priority Reforms and Targets, and past Budget review articles. Unless otherwise stated, all page references are to Budget measures: budget paper no. 2: October 2022–23.

Separate Budget review articles discuss the First Nations Justice measure and measures responding to the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Overview
The October 2022–23 Budget largely meets the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP) election commitments to First Nations peoples, albeit with some minor adjustments to timeframes, and some with additional funding. Key budget measures include:

next steps to implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart
justice reinvestment and targeted support for legal services
building the health workforce and infrastructure
repairs to remote housing and homelands infrastructure
a diverse range of land and heritage activities.
There are also measures relating to First Nations women, international engagement (discussed in the Uluru Statement Budget review article), and jobs and economic opportunities, as well as abolishing the Cashless Debit Card. Indigenous-specific budget measures not discussed in the Budget review articles are listed in Table 1.

The Government has reiterated its commitment to working under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (the National Agreement). Some small budget measures relate to commitments under this agreement. These include establishing a Housing Policy Partnership, a commitment under Priority Reform 1 of the National Agreement, and first steps towards a First Nations digital inclusion strategy. Future Budgets will almost certainly need to provide much larger funding commitments against needs identified from these processes.

Of the $560.0 million over 4 years Support for Community Sector Organisations measure, the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) receives $47.5 million per year (p. 84). This funding, which community groups can apply for ‘on merit’, seeks to mitigate rising costs such as inflation and wage pressures.

Expenditure trend
The Budget shows a continuing increase in funding provided under Indigenous-specific Commonwealth programs. This trend was noted in the March Budget review 2022–23 article ‘Indigenous Affairs: leadership, land, economic development and education’ and has further increased under the new Government.

Figure 1 Indigenous Australians-related budget sub-functions

Note: nec = not elsewhere classified

Source: Prepared by the Parliamentary Library from Budget Strategy and Outlook: Budget Paper no. 1, various years. Figures are nominal (non-inflation adjusted) dollars reflecting actual spending in that year except for those from 2022–23 onwards, which are projections from Budget strategy and outlook: budget paper no. 1: October 2022–23.

The actual increase in funding is greater than shown, as the Indigenous Australians-related budget sub-functions do not include the $300 million allocated for Indigenous housing (Indigenous housing expenditure is included in the ‘housing and community amenities’ budget function). The reasons for the 2021–22 budget year’s underspend (approximately $177 million) are unclear.

Taking into account the $300 million allocated for Indigenous housing and the $177 million underspend in 2021–22, the October 2022–23 Budget provides $1.1 billion more than the March 2022–23 Budget for Indigenous Australians-related matters, averaging $4.2 billion per year over the forward estimate.’

CLEARLY MUNDINE LIED.

FIRST comes the AUDIT of where the $40 million per year has gone.

No point entrenching possible theft or profligate spending in the Constitution.

Are we supposed to be stupid or what?

Thankyou, Mr. Mundine for your relevant speech and concise answering of questions. You are a beacon for free speech and a strong advocate for not allowing racial politics from being placed in the Australian Constitution. For far too long the leftwing socialists have tarred all Aboriginal peoples with victimhood and have convinced them they need reparations. Something leftwing Aboriginal activists have adopted with vigor. Personally, I believe an investigation needs to occur into the 40 billion or so dollars per year spent on aboriginal peoples in addition to equal treatment received by all Australians as in many ways this seems to be squandered and not to have been distributed to those most in need.