Published: June 18, 2019
Government audit says strategy not properly evaluated and does not meet government guidelines
Labor, the Greens and peak Indigenous groups say the government must overhaul its Indigenous advancement strategy after a report found that the $5.1bn program was not being properly evaluated and did not align with the government’s policy objectives.
The strategy was a huge shakeup in Aboriginal affairs funding introduced by the Abbott government in 2014, designed to “eliminate waste and duplication” by consolidating more than a 120 economic, health, education and cultural programs under the prime minister’s department. More than $500m was cut from Indigenous spending.
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