Former Liberal MP Nicolle Flint says Australian taxpayers provide at least $35 billion a year to support Indigenous Australians and it is not solving the terrible crises happening in “remote Indigenous communities”.
“We know that has not solved the terrible crisis that we’re seeing in remote Indigenous communities,” Ms Flint told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“It has not solved the health, education, incarceration issues that are facing Indigenous communities.”
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