Indigenous peak bodies say there's plenty of measures in Tuesday night's budget which will have a positive effect on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing.

Highlighting increased access to Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), chief executive of National Aboriginal Community-controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Pat Turner said the $8.5 billion package would not only help ACCHOs but also offer better access to bulk billing and medicines impacting First Nations people across their 550 clinics.

"It was also pleasing to hear that the Coalition supports this critical announcement," Ms Turner said.

Chair Donnella Mills said many of the previously announced policies, including the Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment, valued at $842.6 million, in a partnership with the NT Government and Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT, and funding for rheumatic heart disease [RHD] and the Coalition of Peaks was also welcome.

In her role as lead convenor at the Collation of Peaks - a body which represents more than 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled peak organisations - Ms Turner said the budget gave them "cause for cautious optimism".

"Investment across all sectors where our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled services are important – and we look forward to working with all governments, in genuine partnership, on how those investments are designed, governed and delivered," Ms Turner said.

"We've seen what's possible when governments work with us, not around us.

"The Department of Health and Aged Care has shown, time and again, what genuine partnership looks like – in workforce, suicide prevention, and maternal health. These aren't just policy wins – they're proof. That when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people lead, outcomes improve."

NACCHO said that despite the positive areas in the budget, there is always more that can be done. They argued that having worked with the Department of Health for over seven years on a new ACCHO funding model, most of the finances were tied to historical decisions.

"We just need to have it properly funded," Ms Mills said.

"In all other respects, it is ready to go. So, NACCHO calls upon both political parties and the crossbenchers to include this tested model as a key plank in their election platforms."

Arguing investment in ACCHOs would create jobs across the country, Ms Turner said: "The ACCHO model is proven to be more efficient and cost-effective than mainstream health services for our people. It needs further investment if we are to ever close the health gap."

"Every dollar invested in Aboriginal community-controlled organisations delivers better value. It drives stronger outcomes for our people, builds local economies, and makes public spending more effective — because the work is done with community, not to community."