Addressing disparity: Fair funding for remote Australia

Australia prides itself on being a fair country. But right now, fairness is being decided by where you live.

Millions of people call regional and remote towns home. They are vibrant, diverse and resilient. Yet they are also places where disadvantage runs deepest. Distances are long, costs are high, and basic infrastructure is often missing. For too long, the systems that fund essential services have ignored these realities.

Anglicare Australia's new report, In Every Community , shows how funding models based on population size are failing people outside our cities. Nowhere is this clearer than in the Northern Territory.

On paper, the Territory's population is small. But the need is enormous. Communities face high rates of poverty, overcrowded housing, and intergenerational disadvantag