Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) | Hansard source

The National Indigenous Australians Agency is currently exploring options to allocate the $6.3 million of the $18 million of funding to other important projects in Central Australia. The need in Central Australia is significant, and our government is committed to ensuring this opportunity is not wasted. My agency will shortly provide me with advice about how we can reallocate the remaining $6.3 million to benefit the people of Central Australia by expanding educational opportunities and increasing residential facilities for remote students. I welcome input from those senators opposite—and, in particular, the shadow Indigenous affairs minister—in regard to that as well.