Senate debates

Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Questions without Notice

Tasmania: No. 34 Aboriginal Health Service

2:30 pm

Photo of Tammy TyrrellTammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister McAllister. No. 34 is an Aboriginal rural health service in Tasmania's north-west. It provides services like mums and bubs groups, youth programs, emotional wellbeing support, mental health counselling and family support work. It's there for people who don't have access to similar services for a range of reasons. Recently, I met with one of the driving forces behind the organisation, and she told me that No. 34 has lost its federal primary health funding. She doesn't know why. She doesn't know where it went. What she does know is that several full-time jobs have already been lost, including identified Aboriginal roles. Minister, can you tell me what happened to the No. 34 funding?

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