Sentences with phrase «indigenous representative»

A new National Indigenous Representative Body will also have to operate in a vastly changed environment from when ATSIC existed.

identify the key elements or features of a new national Indigenous representative body which can then be distilled down to a series of preferred models for a new representative body, and

I am confident that Indigenous people will draw on the lessons from the ATSIC Review while also looking beyond the ATSIC model when setting out their hopes and expectations for a new national Indigenous representative body.

The paper also raises some key issues to consider to ensure that a new National Indigenous Representative Body is effective and sustainable.

A national Indigenous representative body is an essential component of achieving the long overdue commitments to closing the gap.

[78] Australian Human Rights Commission, National Indigenous Representative Body Workshop — Summary Report (2009).

The report also contains one follow - up action that I will undertake in the next 12 months in relation to providing advice on a model for a new National Indigenous Representative Body.

I see significant benefits for a new National Indigenous Representative Body to not exercise the service delivery responsibilities of government.

First phase of consultations for the proposed National Indigenous Representative Body commenced.

And this, ultimately, is what the discussion about a new national Indigenous representative body is about.

That is why over the past year, a number of steps have been taken, both by both my office and the Commonwealth government, to progress the establishment of a new National Indigenous Representative Body.

[16] Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, National Indigenous Representative Body, http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/about/overview/infocus/ pages / nationalindigenousrepresentativebody.

The Social Justice Commissioner will work with Indigenous organisations and communities to identify sustainable options for establishing a national Indigenous representative body.

To further that process, the Minister invited me to convene an independent Indigenous Steering Committee to develop a model for a new national Indigenous representative body.

An important role of a National Indigenous Representative Body would be to ensure that governments, both State / Territory and national, are responsive to Indigenous needs.

Equally there are also a number of ways in which a new National Indigenous Representative Body could be constituted, such as:

Why, for example, consult with Indigenous people about what type of service delivery functions a new national Indigenous representative body should have if the government has no intention of supporting such a role?

The Government then intends to work collaboratively with regional Indigenous representative structures.

These also provide useful guidance on the principles that might underpin a new National Indigenous Representative Body.

We need a new National Indigenous Representative Body if we are to achieve long - term, positive change.

One option for a new National Indigenous Representative Body would be for it to include formal regional Indigenous mechanisms based on the same boundaries as the government's Indigenous Coordination Centres.

State - based mechanisms that are constituted through other means, such as direct election and / or representation of organisations — these might, for example, be constituted outside the framework of the National Indigenous Representative Body such as with the new ACT Governments» Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body;

These may also provide an opportunity for the new National Indigenous Representative Body to advise the federal government in order to achieve improved outcomes at the state and territory level.

This will depend largely on whether the new National Indigenous Representative Body should be established as a Commonwealth government entity (such as a statutory authority) or should be established through some other means, such as being a non-government organisation either with or without government funding assistance.

The final part of the paper also identifies a series of issues that are important to consider in establishing a National Indigenous Representative Body, such as the guiding principles, role and functions, structure and membership, its relationship with governments and parliaments and, of course, funding for such a body.

As noted above, Indigenous peoples could be represented at a regional level by a National Indigenous Representative Body through the existence of formal structures at the regional level, or through more informal processes.

A further possibility is for a new National Indigenous Representative Body to have a role in the committee systems of the Parliament.

How the National Indigenous Representative Body is funded is critical to its ability to take on the roles and functions that are eventually decided.

A National Indigenous Representative Body could be active in initiating law reform and cooperating with legal organisations and movements in other ways, such as through test cases.

In preparing this paper, the new Australian Government has made clear that it does not support a new National Indigenous Representative Body having responsibilities for delivering government services and will continue to deliver services through a coordinated whole of government system.

This section of the Issues Paper provides examples of Indigenous Representative Bodies that have been established internationally.

How such an approach would impact on the level of direct engagement with Indigenous peoples at the regional level would depend on what other processes for participation existed within the National Indigenous Representative Body.

Fourth, there will need to be a discussion of the role of Torres Strait Islanders within a new National Indigenous Representative Body.

2008 - Australian Government allocates funds for commencement of consultations with Indigenous peoples on the establishment of a new National Indigenous Representative Body

A statutory authority model, underpinned by legislation that mandates the National Indigenous Representative Body to advocate for the interests of Indigenous peoples in policy processes and for government to consider such advice, is one way of proceeding.

State - based mechanisms being a feature of a new National Indigenous Representative Body, potentially drawing their representatives from regional representative mechanisms;

This is available to be tapped again in a new National Indigenous Representative Body.

In the event that ATSIC and its regional councils are abolished, the ordinary members of the ILC Board include an Indigenous representative nominated by a relevant Indigenous organisation.

The issue of whether a new National Indigenous Representative Body should deliver government services is a threshold question that will significantly impact on the design of a representative body.

Secondly, the Issues Paper looked at a range of national, state / territory and regional Indigenous representative bodies currently operating in Australia including:

This will be important for ensuring consistency between program delivery by these bodies and the work of the new National Indigenous Representative Body, particularly in terms of linking national policy development with regional level program implementation.

Its aim is simply to identify some of the key issues that need to be considered in establishing a new National Indigenous Representative Body: its guiding principles, role and functions, structure, relationship with government and funding arrangements.

And this, ultimately, is what the discussion about a new National Indigenous Representative Body is about.

In fact, I see significant benefits for a new National Indigenous Representative Body to not exercise the service delivery responsibilities of government.

Can I also thank Patrick Sullivan and AIATSIS for the invitation to speak in this seminar series on the issue of the establishment of a new National Indigenous Representative Body.

If it were established as a statutory body, the National Indigenous Representative Body would have a direct reporting relationship with Parliament through its annual report.

[1] This research was in accordance with the following commitment that I made in the Social Justice Report 2006: «The Social Justice Commissioner will work with Indigenous organisations and communities to identify sustainable options for establishing a national Indigenous representative body.

The workshop was structured according to the sets of issues outlined in the issues paper released by the Social Justice Commissioner in July 2008 and titled Building a sustainable National Indigenous Representative Body — Key issues.

The range of national, State / Territory, and regional level outlined above demonstrate that a diversity of Indigenous representative bodies is currently in existence in Australia.

Service delivery approaches will also be set through agreement making processes, negotiated with Indigenous representative structures, that at the time of the announcement did not exist.