Introduction – Working with ‘buckets of money’
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Small indigenous communities receive funding for essential services and infrastructure from various government grants and programs, commonly referred to as "buckets of money". These buckets of money provide one-off funding for infrastructure but do not cover ongoing operational and maintenance costs. As a result, infrastructure projects focus on capital-intensive but maintenance-light technologies that require specialized repair and often become disposable rather than using local management and labor. This approach has failed to consider the local economic and social context and has not supported sustainable community management of infrastructure over the long term. Moving forward, funding models should prioritize routine local maintenance and take a more holistic approach that incorporates social and economic realities.
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Introduction – Working with ‘buckets of money’
- 1. Introduction – Working with ‘buckets of money’ Image of Kintore Hand Water Pump - 1980
- 2. Context – Distribution of communities Source: Bailie, R., Siciliano, F., Dane, G., Bevan, L, Paradies, Y and Carson, B.(2002) Atlas of health-related infrastructure in discrete Indigenous communities, ATSIC.
- 4. essential services provided by utilities or local shire councils
- 5. Small communities (<50 people)
- 7. Most income through CDEP schemes or income transfers (welfare)
- 9. Grants from various State, Territory and Commonwealth funds
- 10. Major infrastructure programmes e.g. National Partnership Agreements
- 13. Higher automation with more specialised maintenance & repair requirements
- 15. Case Study 1 Photo of treatment inside treatment plant – everything
- 16. Case Study 1 Photo of treatment inside treatment plant – strange plumbing
- 17. Case Study 2 Photo of pit toilets - front
- 18. Case Study 2 Photo of pit toilets – side, showing collapsed slab
- 20. Poor market potential means external ‘solutions’ don’t examine local context
- 21. Initiative does exist when demand exists
- 23. Tools for planning, not just physical ones
- 24. Using technology with a human face
- 25. Taking account of everyday realities, including economic realities