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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Housing, Indigenous and domestic violence services to receive extra $560m in federal budget

Australia’s social services minister Amanda Rishworth and finance minister Katy Gallagher
Social services minister Amanda Rishworth and finance minister Katy Gallagher. Community services will receive an extra $560m in the budget. Photograph: Dean Martin/AAP

Community organisations such as housing, Indigenous and domestic violence services will receive an extra $560m over four years in Labor’s first budget since its re-election.

The partial indexation of funding revealed by the finance minister, Katy Gallagher, aims to help community services keep up with rising costs.

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