The debate, was started by singer Kamahl, and is spreading. He claimed that the government was spending at least $40 billion a year on indigenous people. Naturally, the mainstream media denied it; no-one said that this was a good thing, and ten times that amount should be spent. The Left-wing fact checkers said that the figure was $ 4.5 billion, which is a massive amount in its own right. Sky News host Peta Credlin replied that when one considers overall budget figures, Kamahl was right. “Adjusting the 2016 figure in the Productivity Commission's report for inflation, well, that gives us now a figure of $39.5 billion in Aboriginal spending today.
“So Kamahl last night on The Project was actually spot on with his $40 billion figure.”
