Links to Australian Government Budget 2007-08: information of relevance to Indigenous health

Indigenous Affairs Budget 2007-08

The Australian Government Indigenous Affairs Budget 2007-08 provides information on Indigenous spending across all Government portfolios.
View Indigenous Budget 2007-08 contents web page
View document (PDF – 2.28MB – large file warning!) – includes media releases and fact sheets on individual measures
View summary of Indigenous measures (PDF – 266KB)

Portfolio Budget Statements 2007-08

More detailed information on various components of Indigenous expenditure is available in the respective Portfolio Budget Statements 2007-08, including the:

Health and Ageing Portfolio

Portfolio Budget Statements 2007-08
View document (PDF – 2.67MB – large file warning!)
Outcome 8 – Indigenous health is downloadable separately.
View document (PDF – 72KB)
View document (RTF – 328KB)

Health and Ageing Budget at a glance provides a statistical summary of expenditure
View information (HTML)

• For further information
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
    View media release: Department of Health and Ageing (HTML) (8 May 2007)
  • Other Health and Ageing Budget media releases and fact sheets
    View media releases and fact sheets: Health (HTML)
    View media releases and fact sheets: Ageing (HTML)

Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Portfolio

Portfolio Budget Statements 2007-08
View document (HTML)

Full Budget details

Full Australian Government Budget details are available at the official Australian Government Budget website.
View website

Other media releases

• For further information:
  • Government accused of ignoring Indigenous Australia in Budget
    View media release: ABC News online (HTML) (9 May 2007)
  • Budget fails to bridge gap on Indigenous health
    View media release: Australian Democrats (HTML) (9 May 2007)
  • Indigenous housing unmet demand
    View media release: Australian Labor Party (HTML) (9 May 2007)
  • Federal Government does little to close life expectancy gap
    View media release: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (HTML) (10 May 2007)
  • Department of Education, Science and Training
    View media releases
  • AMA Budget response
    View media release: Australian Medical Association (HTML) (8 May 2007)
  • Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
    View media response: Indigenous spending to benefit some, but still gaps galore (HTML) (9 May 2007)
  • Federal budget a disaster for Indigenous health
    View media release: Oxfam (HTML) (9 May 2007)