Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Communications) Share this | Hansard source

I was actually going to talk about some of the improvements that have been made over the decade in this area and to acknowledge that we all need to do more, not just at a Commonwealth level but, importantly, given the constitutional areas of responsibility in the Closing the Gap targets, with our states and territories. But, in terms of the implementation plan, it is core business, and the Indigenous Australians' Health Program provides $3.6 billion over the forwards to assist with this target. I could go on more. I'm not sure whether the senator would like me to talk about where we have made a difference in child mortality rates, in trachoma—and we've done that in partnership with Indigenous communities—