Impact on IndigenousWomen via NFAW GenderLens on theBudget - Google Groups

23.5.18

Impact on IndigenousWomen via NFAW GenderLens on theBudget - Google Groups:



IMPACT ON INDIGENOUS WOMEN

'Winners

* Rangers who will have job security for the next three years. 
*
Indigenous women living in remote areas who will be able to access
Medicare-funded dialysis services without the need to travel.
* Those students and their schools who will benefit under ABSTUDY reforms.
* Older Indigenous women who can access the newly provided aged care places and reforms.

'Losers

* The 18% of Indigenous households living in houses of an unacceptable standard.
* Indigenous women unable to escape domestic violence because there is no safe housing available.
* Already disadvantaged Indigenous women who lose welfare income as a result of punitive Government measures.
* Indigenous women who are at risk of incarceration and need access to affordable legal services.

'At a time when the Australian Government’s Closing the Gap efforts are seen to be faltering,
there is little in this budget to change that.
Indigenous leadership has been scathing in response, stating that ... '

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