Australia spends less on Indigenous affairs than you think: study
Advocates for the Voice to parliament have rejected claims by leading No campaigners about the scale of spending on Indigenous affairs, as a new report shows about $6 billion is targeted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians annually.
Opponents of the Voice, including former prime minister Tony Abbott and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, have claimed the National Indigenous Australians Agency spends $30 billion a year on Indigenous programs.
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