Budget Australia AUS $ 534 Million Cut Aboriginal Programs

Jakarta - Until the next five years , programs for Aboriginal people of Australia will be affected by budget cuts worth AUS $ 534 million . This is reflected in the proposed 2014 national budget coalition government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott .

Budget documents show the savings to be gained by replacing up to over 150 programs , assistance , and activities under the five major program strategy for the development of a new Aboriginal .

These programs include employment , land and economy , children and education , safety and well-being , culture and skills , and the Australian outback strategy .

More than AUS $ 160 million of the pieces come from aboriginal health programs . Health savings will be transferred to the Future Fund for Health Research .

Cutting includes a number of AUS $ 3.5 million for local authorities Torres Strait .

State Treasurer Joe Hockey said the cuts made to remove the waste . " It will not change overnight but there will be a tremendous duplication and some waste , " he said .

At the very top of the program cuts , the government confirmed for the National Congress of Australia 's First People will no longer receive AUS $ 15 million allocated to the representative body for up to three years.

Funds to support existing aboriginal languages in the last budget will also be cut by up to AUS $ 9.5 million to five years into the future .

Opposition spokesman for aboriginal affairs said Shayne Neumaan Tony Abbott can not be called again as Prime Minister for Aboriginal Australia because of " closing the gap strategy is in tatters " .

Neumaan also criticized the government's failure to make a commitment to the National Partnership Agreement for the Development of Basic Education Aboriginal .

Neumaan say without additional funding seems 38 child development centers will be closed throughout the aborigines of Australia .

Statement from the office of the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Nigel Scullion said the 2014-2015 budget to invest AUS $ 4.8 billion for the priority programs under the Aboriginal Development Strategy .

Announcement of a new budget includes AUS $ 54 million was allocated to builders in seven police station remote aboriginal communities in Queensland , Western Australia and South Australia for up to four years.

Budget for Strengthening the Future program in the Northern Territory will be revised in collaboration with the Government of the State of Northern Territory .

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