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Indigenous Programs, Grants and Funding

2 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (27 May 2014). What Indigenous programs, grants and funding were provided by each department or agency under the minister's portfolio for 2011 and in each case, were these funds recurrent, current, operational or capital expenditure?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations): I have received the following advice:

Aboriginal Power Cup

Since 2008-09, funding of $97,920 per annum has been provided for the Aboriginal Power Cup, an initiative of the Attorney-General's Department in partnership with the Port Adelaide Football Club, SANTOS, the SA Aboriginal Sports Training Academy and the SA National Football League. It is an early intervention program that engages young people at risk in sporting activities to encourage them to continue with their education and make positive lifestyle choices.

Crime Prevention Grants Program

The Attorney-General's Department provided the following one-off funding in 2011-12 for Indigenous programs:

West Coast Youth and Community Support, Port Lincoln—$50,000

Project for families experiencing domestic violence with local Aboriginal services to be consulted.

Aboriginal Foundation of SA—$50,000

Training and mentoring for Aboriginal people.

Port Pirie Regional Aboriginal Community Centre—$22,000

Mentoring program for young people.

The Attorney-General's Department provided the following one-off funding in 2010-11 for Indigenous programs:

Nganampa Health Council—$16,000

Young Anungu Women Education Project.

Port Augusta Youth Centre—$50,000

Bush Mechanics Project.

Port Augusta City Council—$50,000

City Safe Program, Youth Employment & Education. An early intervention project with an objective to increase indigenous employment in Port Augusta.

Operation Flinders

Current funding agreement for the period 1 July 2011—30 June 2014 is for $447,000 per year.

The Operation Flinders program provides a crime prevention program for young offenders and young people at risk of offending. Participants are taken on an eight day exercise to the far northern Flinders ranges.

Port Augusta Youth Support Strategy (PAYSS)

This Program includes funding for the Port Augusta Youth Centre, Port Augusta Youth Support Strategy and the Port Augusta Summer Activities Program.

One-off funding provided in 2011-12 was as follows:

$80,000—Port Augusta Youth Centre (a total of 4,604 young people attended the centre with 3,935 being Aboriginal);

$2,587—Port Augusta Summer Activities Program; and

$100,000—Port Augusta Youth Support Strategy (a night time based youth support and mentoring strategy and bus service, delivered on Friday and Saturday nights and on week nights during school holidays. A total of 1,062 young people were picked up by the bus service of which 1,016 were Aboriginal.)'

One-off funding provided in 2010-11 was as follows:

$80,000—Port Augusta Youth Centre; and

$100,000—Port Augusta Youth Support Strategy.