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

(—) (): We are delivering jobs for people in remote communities and overhauling the punitive CDP program. It was a welfare program that sought to punish its participants. The Treasurer and I have been working in partnership to deliver a comprehensive economic policy for First Nations people through a new First Nations economic partnership. This is a new and transformative approach to policy development and shared decision-making in this country. We have announced $75 million in additional funding for prescribed bodies corporate to support communities as economic decision-makers to unlock the true potential of their land and their aspirations. We strengthened the ability of Indigenous Business Australia to invest in First Nations businesses and communities by allowing IBA to borrow and raise capital. We have strengthened the Indigenous procurement policy to provide more opportunities for First Nations businesses. (Time expired)