Curran, Elizabeth2015-12-022015-12-021443-2102http://hdl.handle.net/1885/16972The author points out the implications for aboriginal Australians of the decision to cut funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services. Curran gives individual examples to show how early intervention to give aboriginals effective access to services and avoid jail helps to close the gap between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people and saves taxpayers’ money.© The Author(s).2014