Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveils plan for 'long-term prosperity' in Indigenous communities

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced funding for a new First Nations Economic Partnership, a collaboration between the Commonwealth and First Nations people.

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00:00You get the sense that as we've been hearing across this last couple of days that this

00:07was a moment of reset after the election that we just saw where the Prime Minister and the

00:14government had that overwhelming win where there is that incredible majority in the Parliament.

00:20Well, the Prime Minister seemed to be clearly wanting to draw a line in the sand, making

00:25the point very early on, Lorna, that there was almost all of Cabinet. I think he said

00:30words to the effect of, I could have a Cabinet meeting right here. There were so many members

00:34of the Cabinet sitting there in the front row listening in. The Prime Minister using that

00:40to say, well, look, this is actually about sending a clear message about the priority of the government

00:46because there are many who have been saying to me that that is just not the case of what

00:51they've been seeing in recent years, particularly since the referendum outcome of 2023. The

00:56substantive component of that speech, though, Lorna, was this real focus on an economic alliance

01:03working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups and people. And also

01:08that $100 million announcement, about three quarters, $75 million or so, is tethered to the

01:14native title and really tweaks and reforms that the Prime Minister touched on to make that system

01:20work better, but also a not insubstantive amount of money for TAFE, for training and education,

01:27for ways to be able to connect people into the systems and structures, particularly if they've

01:32been left behind.

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