Budget 2014-15: information of relevance to Indigenous health

Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, delivered his first Australian Government Budget on Tuesday evening, 13 May 2014.

The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health.

Australian Government Budget details:

View website: Australian Government Budget 2014-15
View Health overview: Australian Government Budget 2014-15
View Australian Government 2014-15, Health Portfolio Budget statements: Australian Government Budget 2014-15

Department for Prime Minister and Cabinet

More detailed information on various components of Indigenous expenditure is available from the Department for Prime Minister and Cabinet

Department for Prime Minister and Cabinet
View Portfolio Budget statements 2014–15
Statements by part: Department for Prime Minister and Cabinet
(Outcome 2 strategy, page 35)

Indigenous Affairs Budget 2014-15 
View document  

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. 

View overview: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

• Further information:
  • NACCHO Budget response: Pressure on Indigenous health outcomes
    View media statement: NACCHO (14 May 2014)
  • Delivering our commitments for Indigenous Australians
    View media statement: Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs (13 May 2014)
  • Budget 2014: $534 million cut to Indigenous programs
    View news item: ABC (14 May 2014)
  • Indigenous affairs hit by ‘savage budget cuts’
    View news item: SBS (14 May 2014)
  • #Budget2014 reactions on #health #Indigenous affairs #welfare & more
    View media release: Crikey (13 May 2014)
  • Close the Gap Campaign: response to Budget
    View news item: Australian Human Rights Commission (14 May 2014)
  • Indigenous.gov.au
    View website