Support critical investment in infrastructure, employment, justice, education and housing initiatives for First Nations peoples, including:
* $150.0 million over 4 years from 2022-23 to improve water security for regional and remote First Nations communities by investing in First Nations water infrastructure projects through the National Water Grid Fund
* $111.7 million in 2023-24 for a new one-year partnership with the Northern Territory Government to accelerate building of new remote housing to reduce overcrowding
* $97.7 million over 3 years from 2022-23 to support the development of a New Jobs Program trial to replace the Community Development Program (CDP) and to meet increased demand for the CDP as a result of sustained higher levels of demand since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
* $38.4 million over 4 years from 2023-24 to improve access to better education and address learning gaps in First Nations primary and secondary education through culturally appropriate distance learning and expanding the on-country junior ranger program Prime Minister and Cabinet |
* $23.3 million over 4 years from 2023-24 (and $45.1 million over 8 years to 2031-32) to rectify the disrepair of residential housing in the Wreck Bay Village, Jervis Bay
* $21.6 million in 2023-24 to extend the Indigenous Boarding Providers grants program for rural and remote First Nations students for an additional year
* $20.8 million over two years from 2023-24 to Aboriginal Hostels Limited to improve the service offering and undertake urgent repairs and capital works
* $14.1 million over two years from 2022-23 for a 2-year partnership with the Northern Territory Government and the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory to enhance and develop activities supporting community safety and social emotional wellbeing on alcohol and drug use
* $11.8 million over two years from 2023-24 to address food security barriers by progressing improvements in accessing affordable food and other essential items in remote First Nations communities
* $3.4 million in 2023-24 to extend existing Commonwealth funding by one year for Custody Notification Services to ensure continued services across Australia
* an extension of the Closing the Gap Outcomes and Evidence Fund by two years to 31 December 2026, which provides targeted grant funding to Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations to deliver improved and co-designed methods of service delivery for First Nations people.
The Government will provide $492.7 million over 5 years from 2022-23 for a range of measures to support critical investment in infrastructure, employment, justice, education and housing initiatives for First Nations peoples, including: * $150.0 million over 4 years from 2022-23 to improve water security for regional and remote First Nations communities by investing in First Nations water infrastructure projects through the National Water Grid Fund * $111.7 million in 2023-24 for a new one-year partnership with the Northern Territory Government to accelerate building of new remote housing to reduce overcrowding * $97.7 million over 3 years from 2022-23 to support the development of a New Jobs Program trial to replace the Community Development Program (CDP) and to meet increased demand for the CDP as a result of sustained higher levels of demand since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic * $38.4 million over 4 years from 2023-24 to improve access to better education and address learning gaps in First Nations primary and secondary education through culturally appropriate distance learning and expanding the on-country junior ranger program Prime Minister and Cabinet | * $23.3 million over 4 years from 2023-24 (and $45.1 million over 8 years to 2031-32) to rectify the disrepair of residential housing in the Wreck Bay Village, Jervis Bay * $21.6 million in 2023-24 to extend the Indigenous Boarding Providers grants program for rural and remote First Nations students for an additional year * $20.8 million over two years from 2023-24 to Aboriginal Hostels Limited to improve the service offering and undertake urgent repairs and capital works * $14.1 million over two years from 2022-23 for a 2-year partnership with the Northern Territory Government and the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory to enhance and develop activities supporting community safety and social emotional wellbeing on alcohol and drug use * $11.8 million over two years from 2023-24 to address food security barriers by progressing improvements in accessing affordable food and other essential items in remote First Nations communities * $3.4 million in 2023-24 to extend existing Commonwealth funding by one year for Custody Notification Services to ensure continued services across Australia * an extension of the Closing the Gap Outcomes and Evidence Fund by two years to 31 December 2026, which provides targeted grant funding to Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations to deliver improved and co-designed methods of service delivery for First Nations people. The cost of this measure will be partially offset and met within the existing resourcing of the National Indigenous Australians Agency, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and the Department of Social Services. This investment is in addition to other cross-government initiatives to Close the Gap, including the 2023-24 Budget measures titled Better, Safer Future for Central Australia Plan, Women's Safety - First Nations, First Nations - supporting education outcomes, and Improving Health Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.