Indigenous Australians must be respected and must sit as partners at the table with
Australian governments at all levels with shared decision - making power.
After 10 years, and despite closing the gap being a national bipartisan priority, it is clear that
Australian governments at all levels are, in key respects, failing Australia's First Peoples.
Not exact matches
We can track actual manuka honey MGO
levels for each jar of Berringa Manuka, using independent batch testing
at Australian Government NATA certified laboratories.
SUICIDE rates among young
Australians are sitting
at an alarming
level despite efforts by mental health organisations and
governments to develop prevention strategies.
A Watchful Eye Over Australia's Water Throttled by a water crisis that threatens Australia's future, the
Australian government in 2008 launched a $ 10 billion campaign that is radically transforming the way water is handled
at every
level, from allocations for agriculture to the faucet flow rate in Sydney high - rises.
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Australian Chicken Meat Federation represents the
Australian chicken meat industry, both growers and processors,
at the national
level and interacts with State and Federal
Governments as well as the media and the general public.
It's not just a problem for Kew — data issued by the
Australian Government (Office of the Chief Scientist, 2016) show,
at a national
level, student participation in most Year 12 maths and science subjects is declining.
My first questioning of WA sea
levels with scaremongering from a
government report, and breathlessly shouted from the roof tops
at The West
Australian West
Australian sea
level BS... fact checking the gloom and doom with DATA
The
Australian Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (20 % by 2020) has been set
at the minimum
level that will cover targets previously set by the
Australian state
governments, it is proposed that it build up slowly until 2016, with most of the growth after that (after the current — Rudd —
government's period of office).
I get that the proposed
Australian carbon tax goes half to some bumptious
government programs and only half to the shareholders of CO2E, and is set
at an absurdly low arbitrary
level with no real plan for right - pricing this common asset, so is bound to satisfy no one.
The
Australian Government proposed that modern slavery statements be approved
at the equivalent of board
level.
The IRAP assessment allows
Australian government agencies and departments to store and run highly sensitive data
at the protected security classification
level in the AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region.
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Australian Chicken Meat Federation represents the
Australian chicken meat industry, both growers and processors,
at the national
level and interacts with State and Federal
Governments as well as the media and the general public.
It is not acceptable and in no way can our communities, the
Australian community
at large or
Governments at all
levels condone this continuing.
Together they will shape
Australian Government engagement and strategies in a region including Regional Partnership Agreements (RPAs) and Shared Responsibility Agreements (SRAs)
at the community or family
level.
This is through the new Ministerial Taskforce «s 30 year vision for Indigenous affairs and
at the
level of the Council of
Australian Governments, through the adoption of principles for service delivery.
The new arrangements
at Australian Government level have built into their structure the need for a high degree of coordination between all the agencies represented in the ICCs.
However, the
Australian Government has developed the
Australian Public Service Social Inclusion Policy Design and Delivery Toolkit which squarely places responsibility for actualising these principles
at the policy and service delivery
level.
[61] It is also inconsistent with the repeated commitments of the
Government, including
at the
level of the Council of
Australian Governments.
All the assistance in the world will be of no consequence if our
governments are not prepared to enter into genuine conversations with our people
at every
level to come to agreement about how Aboriginal people can take their place in the
Australian society, while still being able to be Aboriginal people with unique roles and responsibilities in their own land.
While these policies have occurred
at the Commonwealth
level, state
governments have held their own in oppressing Indigenous
Australians.
Developments
at the inter-governmental
level, as reflected in the Council of
Australian Government's Reconciliation Progress Report of April 2002, demonstrate that there is evidence of much good will, but substantial progress is yet to be made in addressing Indigenous disadvantage.
Should a National Indigenous Representative Body seek to exert influence
at the State and Territory
level through a formal or informal role
at the Council of
Australian Governments, and / or by participating in or advising on the negotiation of inter-governmental agreements?
OIPC will be responsible for coordinating whole of
government policy, program and service delivery across the Australian Government; developing new ways of engaging with Indigenous people at the regional and local level; brokering relationships with other levels of government and the private sector; reporting on the performance of government programs and services for Indigenous people to inform policy review and development; managing and providing common services to the ICC network; and advising the Minister and Government on Indigeno
government policy, program and service delivery across the
Australian Government; developing new ways of engaging with Indigenous people at the regional and local level; brokering relationships with other levels of government and the private sector; reporting on the performance of government programs and services for Indigenous people to inform policy review and development; managing and providing common services to the ICC network; and advising the Minister and Government on Indigeno
Government; developing new ways of engaging with Indigenous people
at the regional and local
level; brokering relationships with other
levels of
government and the private sector; reporting on the performance of government programs and services for Indigenous people to inform policy review and development; managing and providing common services to the ICC network; and advising the Minister and Government on Indigeno
government and the private sector; reporting on the performance of
government programs and services for Indigenous people to inform policy review and development; managing and providing common services to the ICC network; and advising the Minister and Government on Indigeno
government programs and services for Indigenous people to inform policy review and development; managing and providing common services to the ICC network; and advising the Minister and
Government on Indigeno
Government on Indigenous issues.
Similarly in late June 2005, all
Australian governments reaffirmed their commitment to «advance reconciliation and address the social and economic disadvantages experienced by many indigenous Australians» at the meeting of the Council of Australian Governments.38 This Communique © from COAG commits to indigenous participation at all levels; engagement with representative organisations; flexible approaches and adequate resources to support capacity at the local and regional levels.39 The Communique © also recognised the importance of a learning approach to service delivery and policy d
governments reaffirmed their commitment to «advance reconciliation and address the social and economic disadvantages experienced by many indigenous
Australians»
at the meeting of the Council of
Australian Governments.38 This Communique © from COAG commits to indigenous participation at all levels; engagement with representative organisations; flexible approaches and adequate resources to support capacity at the local and regional levels.39 The Communique © also recognised the importance of a learning approach to service delivery and policy d
Governments.38 This Communique © from COAG commits to indigenous participation
at all
levels; engagement with representative organisations; flexible approaches and adequate resources to support capacity
at the local and regional
levels.39 The Communique © also recognised the importance of a learning approach to service delivery and policy development.
Senior managers in OIPC regularly address forums of
Australian Government agency staff
at various
levels (national, state and regional), DIMIA staff, ICC Manager workshops and ICC staff about the new arrangements to ensure a consistent understanding of the issues.
We also want to use social media to keep a focus on the battle to Close the Gap within a generation and to ensure
governments at all
levels address the wide range of social issues faced by many Aboriginal
Australians.
Driving this Report is a commitment by
Australian governments at the highest
level to reducing Indigenous disadvantage.
At the conclusion of the Commission's current inquiry, the federal government should also request the Commission, along with ATSIC and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to advise it on mechanisms to improve Indigenous data collection (taking into account the ABS» broad strategy for improving data collection); as well as the feasibility of the ABS repeating the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey of 1994 on a regular basis; proposals for increased coordination and consistency of data collection at the national, state and territory level; and the cost implications of improved data collectio
At the conclusion of the Commission's current inquiry, the federal
government should also request the Commission, along with ATSIC and the
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to advise it on mechanisms to improve Indigenous data collection (taking into account the ABS» broad strategy for improving data collection); as well as the feasibility of the ABS repeating the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey of 1994 on a regular basis; proposals for increased coordination and consistency of data collection
at the national, state and territory level; and the cost implications of improved data collectio
at the national, state and territory
level; and the cost implications of improved data collection.
This dialogue has occurred between the
Australian government and and two UN treaty committees, on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (August 1999 and March 2000) and the Human Rights Committee (HRC)(July 2000); between Indigenous non-
government organizations and UN committees on each of these occasions; between the
government and Indigenous and non-Indigenous representatives before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fund (PJC) in February and March 2000; and,
at a broader
level, among
Australian citizens and a range of institutions, as part of a continuing debate about the meaning of reconciliation.
3.1 That the
Australian Government immediately initiate a review that is at arm's length from government, to recommend the level of operational resourcing for NTRBs to ensure that they are well able to meet their performance standards, and fulfil their statutory
Government immediately initiate a review that is
at arm's length from
government, to recommend the level of operational resourcing for NTRBs to ensure that they are well able to meet their performance standards, and fulfil their statutory
government, to recommend the
level of operational resourcing for NTRBs to ensure that they are well able to meet their performance standards, and fulfil their statutory functions.
The explanations for these disparities identified by the author include that lower rates of socio - economic status experienced by Indigenous
Australians contribute to poorer health outcomes; that the direct, bilateral arrangements between the federal
government and Indigenous organizations in Northern America has led to greater effectiveness of programs; and that in Northern America there exists «a higher
level of Indigenous governance, ownership and empowerment,
at individual, community, regional and national
levels».
Some are given
at the postcode
level, others in
Australian Bureau of Statistics subdivision, or Local
Government Area.
From 1 July 2015, following implementation of the
Australian Government's mental health reforms, funding for a number of mental health programs, including the former Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) program is now provided to PHNs to lead mental health and suicide prevention planning
at a regional
level.
Our website aims to meet the
Australian Government's web accessibility requirements, including meeting the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.0 (link is external)(WCAG 2.0)
at level AA.
Speaking
at the Helping Families Change Conference in Sydney, founder of the program and director of UQ's Parenting and Family Support Centre, Prof Matt Sanders, said it was now up to
Australian governments to consider making the program available on a population
level for
Australian families.
The
Australian Government's willingness and ability to support settlements
at a state and territory
level was a matter of contention during the Reporting Period.
The study found that, in comparison to the
levels of disadvantage experienced, the
government funding and programs aimed
at redressing Indigenous disadvantage are clearly not sufficient to raise Indigenous people to a position of equality within
Australian society.
In this context, the Campaign Steering Committee welcomes the pre-election commitments of the new
Australian Government that there would be no cuts to health spending
at the federal
level.
In addition, broader commitments
at the
level of the Council of
Australian Governments (COAG) to address Indigenous disadvantage can also be considered an address to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health to the degree they address the social determinants of health.
The South
Australian government's Doing it Right policy is aimed
at targeting the needs of Indigenous South
Australians on a local and regional
level.
The Commissioner monitors the performance of
governments at all
levels in recognising and respecting the human rights of Indigenous
Australians, undertakes research and educational activities to promote understanding of Indigenous peoples» human rights, and scrutinises law making processes to ensure human rights compliance.
In light of the
Australian Government's support for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples,
Governments at all
levels need to change their approaches towards engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
In particular, the workshop considered the Draft framework for reporting on Indigenous disadvantage currently being developed by the Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth / State Service Provision under the auspices of the Council of
Australian Governments (COAG), as well as a range of human rights and development initiatives
at the international
level.
The Review offers an opportunity for the Western
Australian government to address these issues
at the policy
level and introduce corporate responsibility benchmarks for companies seeking to develop projects in Western Australia.
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Australian Chicken Meat Federation represents the
Australian chicken meat industry, both growers and processors,
at the national
level and interacts with State and Federal
Governments as well as the media and the general public.
Establish partnership arrangements between the
Australian Government and state and territory
governments and between Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services and mainstream services providers
at the regional
level for the delivery of appropriate health services.
It was also noted that there are examples already of successful relationships between
Australian governments and Aboriginal community controlled health services
at the state / territory
level.
As already noted,
at the 20 December 2007 COAG meeting, all
Australian governments agreed to «a partnership between all
levels of
government to work with Indigenous communities to achieve the target of closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage».
Australian governments (with an internal, cross sectoral dimension; and
at the intergovernmental
level); and