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First Nations quit smoking program reaching into Aboriginal community to help people break the habit

[Selina Ross, ABC]

Cigarettes were a constant in Tamara Style's life for a long time. "I've been smoking for many years. [I started as a] young teenager, about 13 or 14, stopped while I was pregnant and then, as soon as I had my baby, taken it back up again," she said.

 

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Tony Abbott says the NIAA disburses $30b a year on Indigenous programs. Is that correct?

[ABC]

This week, we debunk a claim made by former prime minister Tony Abbott that the National Indigenous Australians Agency, a regular target for misinformation about the Voice to Parliament, disburses $30 billion in funding each year.

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