Links to Commonwealth Budget 2006-07: information of relevance to Indigenous health

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello delivered his eleventh Commonwealth Budget on Tuesday evening, 9 May 2006. The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health.

Indigenous Budget 2006

The Australian Government Indigenous Budget 2006 provides information on Indigenous spending across all Government portfolios.
View Indigenous Budget 2006 contents webpage
View document (PDF – 861KB)
View summary of Indigenous measures (HTML)
View fact sheets on individual measures (HTML)

Portfolio Budget Statements 2006-07

More detailed information on various components of Indigenous expenditure is available in the respective Portfolio Budget Statements 2006-07, including the:

Health and Ageing Portfolio

Portfolio Budget Statements 2006-07
View document (PDF – 1.9MB – large file warning!)
Outcome 8 – Indigenous health is downloadable separately.
View document (PDF – 63KB)
View document (RTF – 302KB)

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) (9 May 2006)
  • 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 2006-07
View document (HTML)

Full Budget details

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