Claim: Australian governments spend around $39.5 billion a year on direct support for Indigenous people.
Fact-check: Do Indigenous people really get $39.5bn in direct support each year?
Verdict: misleading. the figure includes a share of general government expenditure on things like defence, foreign aid and border control.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: Meghan Williams
Date published: 2023-10-06T00:00:00