Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Assistant Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

I can indicate to the chamber and to those on the crossbench that there are continued discussions about the best way forward for funding those Indigenous services. Indeed, the fact that this coalition government is looking at this very closely to determine how we get the best possible outcome shows the very nature that we are trying to get the best possible outcomes. People know that the sector is very keen to get some funding certainty around this. The coalition is working towards it. Can I point out to the chamber the $681 million that this government has committed this year for those primary services—indeed, $380 million for AMSs themselves. It is this coalition government that has a commitment to ensuring we get the funding arrangements right to give that long-term sustainability to the sector that we all in this chamber want.