Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage - Key Indicators
SCRGSP (Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision), Productivity Commission, Canberra 2009
791 Pages Posted: 27 Jul 2009
Date Written: July 2, 2009
Abstract
Jenny Macklin, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, together with Productivity Commission Chairman Gary Banks, launched the fourth edition of the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Report on 2 July in Darwin. Following the launch, Gary Banks briefed heads of government on the report’s findings at the Indigenous-themed COAG meeting.
The report’s strategic framework helps track over time the extent to which government policies and other actions are making a difference to overcoming Indigenous disadvantage. Gary Banks, who chairs the inter-governmental Steering Committee responsible for the report, said ‘this edition of the report embraces COAG’s six ‘closing the gap’ targets - in key areas such as life expectancy, education and employment. The latest trend data reveal mixed results for these and other indicators. In all areas there are still unacceptable disparities in outcomes for Indigenous and other Australians’.
Keywords: Indigenous people, Indigenous programs, Indigenous education, Indigenous employment, Indigenous health, Indigenous affairs, Indigenous communities, Aboriginal peoples, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
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