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

Budget paper No. 2 will provide a little bit more information for the senator. If you look carefully, the $409 million had a contribution of $355 million, of which $239 million was a save but the other $115 million came back into the budget in terms of our savings. So it was not the $409 million figure.

I indicated in an earlier answer that these savings of $239 million are because of the new adjustments in streamlining the programs. This can be saved through making sure that the red tape, inefficiencies and bureaucracy are streamlined.