Minister for Human Services Senator the Hon Marise Payne and Minister for Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Nigel Scullion, are encouraging Indigenous people to apply for the Department of Human Services' Indigenous Apprenticeship Programme which opened today.

Initiatives that benefit Indigenous people living in the Northern Territory will receive almost $2.5 million in support from the Australian Government through the latest Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA) funding round.

The free Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations being rolled out in schools give young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males and females the chance at the best possible protection from HPV-related cancers and disease.