The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Indigenous Health
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THE HON WARREN SNOWDON MP

Minister for Indigenous Health

$480,000 of New Funding to Help Close the Gap in Northern Qld

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Warren Snowdon, the Minister for Indigenous Health has visited the Stagpole Street Drug and Rehabilitation Unit in Townsville to announce nearly $480,000 in new funding to the Congress Community Development Education Unit Ltd (CCDEU).

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4 May 2011

Warren Snowdon, the Minister for Indigenous Health, yesterday visited the Stagpole Street Drug and Rehabilitation Unit in Townsville, announcing nearly $480,000 in new funding to the Congress Community Development Education Unit Ltd (CCDEU).

“I am very pleased to announce approval of:

  • $282,000 for urgently needed upgrades to be undertaken at CCDEU’s existing 30 bed-drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation facility in Townsville; and
  • $198,000 for important enhancements to IT and transport infrastructure to support expanded service delivery.”
Mr Snowdon said the new funding would provide valuable support to the CCDEU in providing services to a growing number of aged Indigenous people and its important role in establishing and operating a proposed world-class family-centred drug and alcohol rehabilitation service in Cooktown.

CCDEU is a key provider of health, substance use, aged care and education services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from across the North Queensland and Torres Strait regions.

Mr Snowdon said the funding would assist with closing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

For more information, contact Mr Snowdon’s office (02) 6277 7820

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