The Close the Gap Campaign has released its position paper on the Federal Budget 2015 - 16, calling on Government to restore cuts of up to $ 534.4 million over five years from the rationalisation of
Indigenous Affairs programs, grants and activities administered by the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Health portfolios.
The 2013 - 14 portfolio budget statements for the Department of Health included a 2013 - 14 budget figure of $ 847 million for
the Indigenous affairs program, and $ 850 million for 2014 ‑ 15.
Not exact matches
At the Law Society's recent
Indigenous Law Issues
program, Grant wedge, Executive Director, Policy, Equity & Public
affairs asked panel members what ought to be included in an
Indigenous issues curriculum for lawyers.
The government does not actively restrict the free expression of
Indigenous culture; Aboriginal political organizations are recognized and funded; Aboriginal bands and Inuit organizations have taken over responsibility for some government
program administration; residential schools and missionary teachers have given way to a mixed system of federal, provincial and Aboriginal / Inuit - run schools funded by Aboriginal
Affairs and Northern Development (AANDC); and the paternalistic role of Aboriginal agents and bureaucrats has moved towards a technical and professional role.
DEWR's prominence in
Indigenous affairs is also related to the fact it is responsible for the largest
Indigenous specific
program, the Community Development Employment Project (CDEP).
This funding is granted by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs — through its Office of
Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC)-- under a
Program Funding Agreement.
This will be supported by a public annual report on the performance of
Indigenous programs across government... will be prepared by the Secretaries» Group on
Indigenous Affairs.
This broad perspective and considered and elaborated approach to improving access to mainstream
programs needs to be brought to bear in respect of the objective of «harnessing the mainstream» under the new arrangements for
Indigenous affairs in Australia.
Again, this problem has been highlighted by the Secretaries» Group on
Indigenous Affairs, which commented that «[i] n most areas, information is not yet available to assess the use of mainstream
programs by
Indigenous people.»
As I noted in my Social Justice Report 2004, the new arrangements for
Indigenous affairs mean that, to a significant extent, at the federal level the administration of mainstream
programs now sits alongside
Indigenous - specific
programs in the
Indigenous Coordination Centres established to deliver
Indigenous programs on a whole of government basis.
Active in
Indigenous Affairs for more than 25 years, Mr Jeffries has worked in the cotton, hotel and meat industries, in the public service and in a range of community organisations including Barriekneal Housing and the Community Development Employment
Program in Lightning Ridge.
There are two ways of achieving this: first, mainstream departments can improve their service delivery so that existing mainstream services are better able to meet the needs of
Indigenous peoples; and second, the whole of government machinery of the new arrangements for
Indigenous affairs can be utilised to create better synergies between mainstream
programs and
Indigenous specific services.
Senators have varying degrees of background in
Indigenous affairs and can not divide their time effectively across all of these committees to get an overview of the many strands of
Indigenous program delivery.
As this chapter demonstrates, a degree of instability appears to characterise the new arrangements in
Indigenous affairs with a seemingly endless raft of complex changes to the government's administrative processes, policies and
programs.
This involves a major reorganisation of the way the federal bureaucracy deals with
Indigenous affairs so that there are better linkages between mainstream
programs and
Indigenous specific services.
Disbanded:
programs taken over by mainstream agencies; coordination functions taken over by Office of
Indigenous Policy Coordination within Department of Immigration, Multicultural and
Indigenous Affairs
Its focus was on policy areas that powerfully influence the «social determinants of health» and that are addressed in the CRE - SDHE
program of work including
Indigenous affairs, urban environments, social protection and health systems.
We know most failings in
Indigenous affairs are not because of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people but because governments and politicians are not consistent in their approach to implementing
programs and applying funding.
The Australian Arts Minister and the
Indigenous Affairs Minister announced more than $ 37 million in funding for
Indigenous arts, cultural, languages and broadcasting
programs across Australia in 2008 - 09.
Identifying mechanisms for
Indigenous people to exercise control over their own
affairs, through
program and service delivery;
FUN for Kids has received funding from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA); the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's Best Start
program; as well as philanthropic bodies.
Wyatt will need to work closely with the federal
Indigenous Affairs portfolio to ensure funds and
programs do address determinants of health, including justice.
On 3 June 2010, the Minister for
Indigenous Affairs announced the establishment of a Native Title Research Scholarship
Program.
There is also widespread support amongst
Indigenous and Government parties for the expansion of the Self - Governance approach to other significant areas of Indian
affairs, particularly in respect of health
programs.
The principal federal agency in respect of the administration and implementation of
Indigenous policy and
programs is the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA).
The new arrangements for
Indigenous affairs at the federal level and associated commitments of COAG also provide perhaps unprecedented leverage for coordinating health
programs with other departments and agencies.
a public annual report detailing the performance of
Indigenous programs released by the Secretaries» Group on
Indigenous Affairs.
For example, the Minister for
Indigenous Affairs has stated that the principle of «strong engagement with
Indigenous people... underpins all our
Indigenous policies and the implementation of
programs».
The key Budget measures within the
Indigenous Affairs portfolio are Shared Responsibility Agreements; Healthy
Indigenous Housing;
Indigenous Health
programs including Healthy for Life, Combating Petrol Sniffing, the Hearing Services
Program and additional funding to the Primary Health Care Access
Program.