 In October 2015, the "Recognition Bill 2015", recognising the Noongar people as the traditional owners of Western Australia's southwest, including Perth, was introduced to the state parliament.In September 2014 the federal government withdrew funding from 180 of the 274 Aboriginal settlements in remote locations in Western Australia, a move to save the government $45 million a year.The Western Australian Barnett Government deregistered 300 Aboriginal sacred sites and proposed shutting 150 of the 276 Aboriginal communities in Western Australia because the costs of providing services were deemed too high.