This is from my MP, for your interest. Remember, the constitutional referendum will be on once Labor, our version of the US Democrats, get in. Don’t let it be like the gay marriage event.
“We have now received the following information from the office of the Minister for Indigenous Affairs the Hon Ken Wyatt MP:-
- There were an estimated 798,400 Indigenous people in Australia in 2016 (ABS, 2016).
- The Productivity Commission estimates expenditure on programs, services and payments for Indigenous Australians was around $33.4 billion in 2015-16. Australian Government expenditure accounted for around $14.7 billion of total Indigenous expenditure.
- The Indigenous Expenditure Report was set up to measure all Government expenditure on ‘Indigenous people’ – including for example spending on defence and industry support based on the percentage of the population Indigenous Australians represent.
- As at 25 January 2021, native title has been determined to exist over more than 40 per cent of Australia and 13.7 per cent of land is exclusive native title.
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