Sentences with phrase «indigenous affairs»

This approach is more broadly applied through the negotiation of bilateral agreements on Indigenous affairs between the federal government and the states and territories.

How might this influence the significant responsibilities and under - performance of State and Territory governments on Indigenous affairs?

It is becoming evident that serious discussion needs to takes place with Indigenous peoples and other stakeholders at national, regional and local levels about the new arrangements in Indigenous affairs.

A number of governments sought to distinguish their approach to Indigenous affairs policy from that of preceding eras, particularly the discredited approach of assimilation, by granting land rights.

The role that land could play in supporting home and business ownership for Indigenous families and individuals has been given consideration by the Attorney - General and Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.4

establish CALM procedures and protocols, in consultation with AAD [WA's Aboriginal Affairs Department, now Department of Indigenous Affairs] and Aboriginal people, and include relevant Aboriginal heritage expertise in CALM, to identify early and protect Aboriginal sites as identified in the Act;

Arriving at this stage has required an unprecedented level of consultation and negotiation in the highly contentious and politically - charged area of Indigenous affairs.

At the very least, the «lessons learned» from these evaluations need to be shared widely and seriously considered by the Secretaries Group on Indigenous Affairs.

December 2008 The Minister for Indigenous Affairs invites the Social Justice Commissioner to convene an independent Steering Committee to lead a second round of consultations.

The Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs issues general directions to ATSIC to address potential conflicts of interest by preventing ATSIC from funding organisations of which full - time ATSIC officeholders are directors or in which they have a controlling interest.

The Minister for Indigenous Affairs announced a further $ 514 million in funding for Indigenous housing, accommodation and related services in the Northern Territory.

One simple way to work towards economic development for native title claimants and holders would be to align governments» policy approaches in broader Indigenous affairs portfolios with the processes of and outcomes from these agreements.

Government native title policies of negotiating over litigating without clear objectives for negotiations miss the opportunity to link to broader Indigenous affairs policy goals and use native title agreements for more meaningful outcomes.

The Senate Select Committee on the Administration of Indigenous Affairs releases its report on the abolition of ATSIC and new arrangements: After ATSIC - Life in the Mainstream.

Public statements by Minister Ruddock on the Government's direction in Indigenous affairs, including on agreement making, partnerships and treaty processes;

[274] While Dr Shergold expressed confidence that the APS could meet this challenge, he did not underestimate the level of difficulty in radically re-structuring the administrative arrangements for Indigenous affairs.

This plan is therefore only one element of the assessment of the new arrangements in Indigenous affairs.

However, what does concern me is that the government has not bedded down its policy direction for Indigenous affairs.

In early November 2004, following the abolition of ATSIC, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs announced the establish ment of the NIC, a government appointed Indigenous advisory body.

It advises the Minister for Indigenous Affairs on matters relating to Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Affairs in the Torres Strait.

The Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs, advised by the National Indigenous Council, will make recommendations to the Australian Government on priorities and funding for Indigenous Affairs.

However, the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) may continue to insist on planning and reporting as conditions of funding.

Council did note however that the ICC Manager had met with Regional Council... to outline the changes and had recently submitted some written information on the Governments New Arrangements in Indigenous Affairs...

On 15 January 2004, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs announces that, «the Government intends to introduce legislation to reform the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act to improve the effectiveness of Indigenous organisations for the benefit of their communities.»

A better designed Indigenous Affairs Commission might be more effective than ATSIC.

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.

The «new arrangements» for the administration of Indigenous affairs at the federal level post-ATSIC (2005 — current)

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) is one such mainstream agency that has taken on a significant role in Indigenous affairs as a result of the new arrangements.

This section and Appendix One to the report provide an overview of the main developments in the lead up to the announcement of the introduction of new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs.

[182] The alternative paradigm proposed is based on the concept of mutual responsibility, a concept that already underpins the government's approach to Indigenous affairs.

The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) established a dedicated unit to provide administrative support to the Social Justice Commissioner and the Steering Committee.

As Dr Shergold, in his capacity as Chair of the Secretaries» Group on Indigenous Affairs has observed, the reform of the administration of Indigenous affairs instituted in 2004 «set a huge challenge for the Australian Public Service (APS)».

However, there are a number of examples of lessons from the first eighteen months of the trials (ie, prior to the announcement of the new Indigenous Affairs arrangements in April 2004), including the need for:

Geoffrey Richardson from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs provided a summary of the outcomes of consultations conducted by the government on the national representative body from July — November 2008.

But it sets a tone and direction for future reform that will deeply worry many people working in public health, the community sector, and Indigenous affairs — no real surprise given the members of the Commission are mostly drawn from business — headed by former Business Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd and including former Howard Government Minister Amanda Vanstone.

In launching the Best Practice Guide to policy implementation, the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (Dr Shergold) made the following comments about the importance of leadership within the public service that are of particular relevance for Indigenous affairs:

This is the third successive Social Justice Report to report on the implementation of the new arrangements for Indigenous affairs at the federal government level.

The Social Justice Report 2004 provides an overview of the main events leading up to the introduction of the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs on 1 July 2004, as well as the key events which have occurred since that time to implement the new arrangements.

The Morgan Disney report is clear in the need for this paradigm shift to be led by senior elements of the Indigenous affairs bureaucracy.

The fragility of these arrangements for the operation of a democratic Parliament, let alone for a single contentious area such as Indigenous affairs, has been roundly criticised by the Clerk of the Senate.

In terms of government arrangements, there are a number of key governmental bodies that have been formed at the federal level, the most recent of which is the Cabinet Committee on Indigenous affairs — previously known as the Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs.

This approach to Indigenous affairs reflected an acknowledgement of the injustices of colonisation, in international politics and law following World War II.

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.

She says the growing empirical evidence of the multiple ways in which racism is harmful to the health, well - being, educational and social outcomes of children and young people throughout their lives significantly overlaps with the Abbott Government's «number one priority» in Indigenous affairs: to get Indigenous children to school.

This first bulletin provides an overview of the whole of government approach to Indigenous affairs and focuses on Shared Responsibility Agreements (SRAs) as a new way of doing business with Indigenous Communities.

This culminated with the introduction of the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs at the federal level from 1 July 2004.

The 20 - 30 year vision for Indigenous Affairs is set out in the Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs Charter.

The new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous Affairs were announced on 15 April 2004.

Appendix 1 of this report contains a chronology of important events in Indigenous affairs from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

Post-ATSIC, the TSRA continues to be the principal Commonwealth agency co-ordinating Indigenous affairs in the region.