澳大利亚总理阿博特视频致辞（2015年8月24日）

A Message from the Prime Minister

24 August 2015

Ever since becoming a Member of Parliament, I have tried to get out of the office so that people can tell me about their lives and about the issues they face.

So, this week, I will be visiting Indigenous communities in the Torres Strait and on the tip of Cape York.

It will be the first visit by a Prime Minister to this region in 18 years.

I will be visiting some areas that no Prime Minister has ever been to and on this trip I’ll be joined by Ministers and by senior officials.

Before the last election, I promised to spend a week every year absorbed in the real life of Indigenous communities because I want to see for myself the challenges facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

I know that every community is different.

But the foundations of success are the same: it’s getting kids to school, adults into work, and making communities safe.

That is where we must focus if we are to make meaningful progress.

We are a great country, but we won’t be everything we can be until Indigenous people are participating fully in our national life.

So I do look forward to spending this week in the Torres Strait and the tip of Cape York and to working with Indigenous people on the practical things; the practical things that we can do to help improve their lives.