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2010-11 budget measure

As part of the Australian Government's commitment to community safety, additional funding has been allocated to expand the rollout of low aromatic fuel and reduce petrol sniffing in Indigenous communities. The 2010-11 budget measure increases the five year funding commitment to $115.86m over five years commencing in 2011-12.

At least 39 additional fuel sites will be able to supply low aromatic fuel and this will benefit a further 11 Indigenous communities.

Action to reduce petrol sniffing in Indigenous communities

• Combined Australian Government response to two Senate Community Affairs References Committee reports on petrol sniffing in Indigenous communities - Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Jun 2010)
• Grasping the opportunity of Opal: assessing the impact of the Petrol Sniffing Strategy - Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs (Mar 2009)
• Beyond petrol sniffing: renewing hope for Indigenous communities - Senate Community Affairs References Committee (Jun 2006)

Review of first phase of the Petrol Sniffing Strategy (June 2008)

The Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination within the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs commissioned Urbis to conduct a review of the first phase of the Petrol Sniffing Strategy.
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