Budget 2012-13: information of relevance to Indigenous health

Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, delivered his fifth Australian Government Budget on Tuesday evening, 8 May 2012.
The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health.

Australian Government Budget details:

View website: Australian Government Budget 2012-13

More detailed information on various components of Indigenous expenditure is available in the respective Portfolio Budget Statements 2012-13, including the:

Health and Ageing Portfolio

Portfolio Budget Statements 2012-13

View documents (HTML)

Outcome 8 – Indigenous health

View document (PDF – 152KB)

Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Portfolio

Portfolio Budget Statements 2012-13

View statements

View Indigenous Budget statement 2012-13

View website: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

For information about Indigenous health:

The Overview of Australian Indigenous health status provides information about: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations; the context of Indigenous health; various measures of population health status; selected health conditions; and health risk factors. The overview was last updated in 2011.

View overview: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

• Further information:
  • View website: Australian Government, Closing the Gap
  • Congress statement on the Federal Budget 2012-13
    View statement: National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples (9 May 2012)
  • Budget delivers investment in remote communities
    View media release: ANTAR (9 May 2012)
  • Investing to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage 
    View media release: Jenny Macklin, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs(8 May 2012) (Joint media release with: Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Peter Garrett MP, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Indigenous Health, Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood and Childcare, Julie Collins MP, Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development)
    View media release: Minister’s Media Centre