Federal Budget 2015-2016
Greater Investment in Communities is Needed, post-Budget
The National Justice Coalition today expressed concern that the Budget failed to include the targeted investment needed to change the record on the crisis levels of imprisonment and violence currently being experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. read the Media Release from the Change the Record Campaign here.
An unfair budget
National Director Andrew Meehan stands in support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people against this unfair budget for First Australians at a press conference called this morning by the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples.
For more details on ANTaR's response to the budget please read here.
Unfair Budget has left Indigenous Affairs adrift
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights advocacy organisation ANTaR said that tonight’s Budget failed the test of addressing the uncertainty, upheaval and cuts in Indigenous Affairs from the past 12 months. Read ANTaR's statement here.
After a year of rupture in Indigenous affairs, it's time to show some solidarity
It's time for sustained, ongoing engagement, education, and taking action from non-Indigenous Australians. Professor Larissa Behrendt and ANTaR National Director Andrew Meehan discuss the need for solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in this Guardian piece. Read here.
