Amounts you don't include in your tax return There are some amounts don't need to be include as income in your tax return. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Indigenous holding entities don't need to pay income tax or capital gains tax on native title payments or benefits.
Taking into account the $300 million allocated for Indigenous housing and the $177 million underspend in 2021–22, the October 2022–23 Budget provides $1.1 billion more than the March 2022–23 Budget for Indigenous Australians-related matters, averaging $4.2 billion per year over the forward estimates.
Under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, if land owned by an Aboriginal Land Council falls within a certain category, it is automatically exempt from rates and charges that may be levied by a Local Government Area or Water Authority.
At the end of the June quarter of 2016, around 45% of Indigenous Australians aged 15 and over (220,800 people) were receiving some form of Centrelink income support payment, compared with 26% of non-Indigenous Australians of this age (4.9 million people).
The New South Wales Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme provides ex-gratia payments of $75,000 to living Stolen Generations survivors who were removed from their families and committed to the care of the New South Wales Aborigines Protection or Welfare Boards.
On a per person basis, government welfare expenditure was $13,968 per Indigenous Australian, compared with $6,019 per non-Indigenous Australian in 2012–13—this equates to expenditure of $2.32 per Indigenous person for every $1.00 spent per non-Indigenous person.
The Aboriginal people living in social housing are exempt from Stamp Duty as per Section 278 of the Duties Act 1997 (NSW).
Aboriginal communities in NSW can claim land to compensate them for historic dispossession of land and to support their social and economic development. The Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (ALRA) was introduced to compensate Aboriginal people in NSW for dispossession of their land.
Verdict. Warren Mundine's statement uses the most accurate and up-to-date estimate of government spending on Indigenous Australians – about $30.3 billion, according to the Productivity Commission.
The ABA receives and distributes monies generated from mining on Aboriginal land in the NT. Payments into the ABA are based on royalty equivalents that are determined by the estimated value of the statutory royalty payments.
The Schoolkids Bonus is worth $410 for each child in primary school and $820 for each child in secondary school per year. Half is paid in January to help with back-to-school costs and half in July to help with mid-year and ongoing expenses.
The National Indigenous Australians Agency funds projects aimed at helping Indigenous Australians. Funding is allocated through: the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS), National Partnership Agreements, Special Accounts and Special Appropriations.
If you're an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian, you can access Medicare services that meet your needs. You can access better health services if you have a Medicare card and complete health checks.
Where you can get a free annual health check. You can get your free health check at any Aboriginal Medical Service or bulk-billing clinic. If you prefer to not go in person, you can ask whether they offer phone or video (telehealth) appointments.
You are eligible if: you self-identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian. your GP believes you would have setbacks in preventing or managing a medical condition if you don't take the medicine. you are unlikely to take your medicine if it's full price.
grants (such as Indigenous housing loans, research and study grants) university courses (with specific positions for Indigenous students) Centrelink and housing assistance (Indigenous-specific) employment (Indigenous identified positions)
What about student fees? Eligible Aboriginal students do not pay a fee for any Smart and Skilled qualification they undertake, regardless of the number of qualifications in which they enrol, or the level of the qualification.
In 2008 the Queensland Labor government amended legislation to enable trustees of indigenous lands to grant ninety-nine-year private residential (home ownership) and thirty-year commercial leases on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander “reserves” and on Deed of Grant in Trust lands.
NSWALC has also determined that any NSW Aboriginal person who was not a member of a Funeral Fund is entitled to a funeral grant of up to $1000 to assist with covering the funeral costs. Grants are paid directly to funeral service providers under this community benefits scheme.
IBA housing loans are available to Aboriginal people buying or building , in most cases, their first home and who are unable to borrow all of the required funds from another lender (for example, a bank or credit union).
The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (see above) provides the basis upon which Aboriginal Australian people in the Northern Territory can claim rights to land based on traditional occupation. The freehold land cannot be sold or transferred, but it can be leased.
High unemployment and lasting impacts from colonialism have caused low income in Aboriginal homes. Today, people often find that Aboriginal communities in non-rural areas live off welfare in crowded housing.
From 1 July 2023, Age Pension age will be 67 years, if you were born on or after 1 January 1957.
There are about 35,000 CDP participants in Australia and 83% are Indigenous. As a condition of income support, remote area participants must engage in up to 25 hours of work for the dole, five days a week.