Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I can confirm actually that there's not $1.1 billion on the table from the Territory government, because I spoke about that today. They don't have a forward estimates in the same way as the Commonwealth does. They have an annual budget, and they've indicated that they have in their annual budget $1.1 million over the next year. We have about an $80 million residual, and they've indicated that the following year is about $1.1 million and that's what they're prepared to put into the fund, and we will match them dollar for dollar.