Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Wright. That is a quite detailed multipart question. I will work through some of the detail and part of it I will take on notice to see if I can provide more information from the responsible minister. But in terms of some of the specific issues, I will go to the funding provided to 13 specific Indigenous community based projects including the Yiriman Project in the Kimberley region in WA, and the Train the Trainer program and Suicide Story Training Project in the Central Desert area of the Northern Territory. All of these add to the assistance provided and underpin some of the work that the state, Territory and Commonwealth governments do in this region. Access to Allied Psychological Service Programs received a $206 million increase in the 2011 budget over five years including $36.5 million for Indigenous-specific mental health services. (Time expired)