Sentences with phrase «between commonwealth»

They also provide a framework to guide bi-lateral discussions between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory Government on the Commonwealth's new arrangements for indigenous affairs and on the best means of engaging with indigenous people at the local and regional levels.

The working group will consider how to build clearer links between the OID framework, the National Framework of Principles for Delivering Services to Indigenous Australians, the COAG Reconciliation Framework and the bilateral agreements between the Commonwealth and State and Territory Governments.

Notably, the social justice package proposal of ATSIC recommended that the starting point of a social justice package negotiation should be for governments to «agree to and legislate a broad set of Principles for Indigenous Social Justice and the Development of Relations between the Commonwealth Government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples».

Principles for Indigenous social justice and the development of relations between the Commonwealth government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

ATSIC proposed that Governments legislatively adopt a series of Social Justice Principles to underpin policy development on Indigenous issues, as well as guide all future relationships between the Commonwealth and Indigenous peoples.

It notes that there is a high degree of overlap between the Commonwealth and state and territory - level involvement in Indigenous health «but that the effect of this overlap on Indigenous health is unclear».

The Taskforce's main task for 2008 - 09 will be to provide the Government with advice on the framework for the Preventative Health Partnerships between the Commonwealth and the state and territories and to develop a National Preventative Health Strategy.

As a starting point the report recommends that Governments agree to and legislate a broad set of Principles for Indigenous Social Justice and the Development of Relations between the Commonwealth Government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The relationship between the Commonwealth Government and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia is founded in full acceptance and recognition of the fundamental rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to:

The Prime Minister and the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory sign the Overarching Agreement on Indigenous Affairs Between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Northern Territory of Australia.

Adoption of this charter would underpin the further development and implementation of the specific proposals put forward in this report, guide all future relationships between the Commonwealth and indigenous peoples, and be capable of applying to the roles and responsibilities of other spheres of government as well.

Only 20 % ($ 17,400,000 of $ 85,919,000 over four years) of the «additional funding» goes to ATSIC, with the remaining 80 % being divided between the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department (18 %), the Tribunal (42 %) and the Federal Court (20 %).

System reform in the NT requires long - term planning and collaboration between Commonwealth and Territory Governments, NT PHN, the NGO and ACCHO sectors and their respective peak bodies.

Apart from the bilateral meetings between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory over the Commonwealth's offer on compensation for native title extinguishment, and the Attorney - General's Native Title Consultative Forum, there have been no regular policy forums between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories to discuss native title matters at a government - to - government.

In April 2005, the Northern Territory and Commonwealth governments entered into the Overarching Agreement on Indigenous Affairs between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Northern Territory of Australia 2005 - 2010.

The Overarching Agreement on Indigenous Affairs between the Commonwealth and the Northern Territory (the only bilateral agreement signed thus far) sets out accountability arrangements including:

In 2001, Indigenous Housing Agreements (IHAs) were negotiated between the Commonwealth Government, some State and Territory governments and, originally, ATSIC.161 Each agreement is different (some covering housing as well as health infrastructure programs).

They also provide a framework to guide bi-lateral discussions between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory Government on the Commonwealth's new arrangements for Indigenous affairs and on the best means of engaging with Indigenous people at the local and regional levels.

In accordance with the National Strategic Framework, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Framework Agreements have been negotiated between the Commonwealth and each state or territory.

I also consider that there is significant potential to utilise the new agreement making processes under these new arrangements (namely, Shared Responsibility Agreements, Regional Participation Agreements and Bilateral Agreements between the Commonwealth and states and territories) to achieve significant improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status, and to support Indigenous primary health care in particular.

A comprehensive monitoring framework has been agreed at the inter-governmental level, which involves bilateral agreements between the Commonwealth and the states and territories, implementation plans and health planning forums.

This includes through the finalisation of bilateral health agreements between the Commonwealth and states and territories; the establishment of state level health forums; the development of regional plans which identify needs and priorities; and the establishment of a national performance monitoring framework.

acknowledges that governments have, in part, failed to deliver on their commitments in the past, and so introduces a more comprehensive monitoring framework which involves bilateral agreements between the Commonwealth and the states and territories, implementation plans and health planning forums;

Roles and responsibilities of each level of government must be made clear and agreements forged through Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to renew national partnership arrangements between the Commonwealth and State jurisdictions.

promoting more transparent practices in the resolution of native title issues between Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments.

The purpose of the MOU is to formalise a partnership between the Commonwealth and the MCA to work together with Indigenous people to build sustainable, prosperous communities in which individuals can create and take up social, employment and business opportunities in mining regions.

The agreement between the Commonwealth government and the Northern Territory government for the diversion of juveniles from custody provides that police in the Northern Territory will have discretion to divert juveniles at the pre-charge stage.

«I would like to see the Prime Minister lead the State and Territory governments to recommit to the now expired National Partnership Agreement or another bilateral agreement between the Commonwealth and states that will guarantee Closing the Gap in Aboriginal Health Outcomes has a coordinated and integrated approach to closing the health gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people of this Nation.

That the federal government and COAG adopt the Principles for Indigenous social justice and the development of relations between the Commonwealth government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as proposed by ATSIC in Recognition, rights and reform, as forming the framework for negotiations about service delivery arrangements, regional governance and unfinished business.

This situation persists despite the existence of framework agreements between the Commonwealth and the states for health service delivery.

There doesn't seem to be any indication - I mean, I'm not aware of what the problems are so far as the Commonwealth is concerned, and there's no sign of any movement as between the Commonwealth and the applicants to resolve those concerns.

One form of agreement - making is bilateral agreements between the Commonwealth and a state or territory to pool resources and joint manage projects in a particular service delivery area, such as health, housing and infrastructure.

The Memorandum of Understanding in Respect of Financial Arrangements between the Commonwealth and a Self - Governing Northern Territory provided for the overall responsibility for policy planning and coordination of Indigenous affairs to remain with the Commonwealth.

The Committee considers that political arrangements between the Commonwealth Government and the governments of states or territories may not condone restrictions on Covenant rights that are not permitted under the Covenant.

HIS HONOUR: The time has come when I am no longer prepared to accept the repeated assurances from those at the bar table appearing for the Commonwealth that I can be assured that all is well as between the Commonwealth and the applicants.

The incorporation of the provisions of Indigenous framework agreements on health into the next Health Care Agreements negotiated with the states and territories, creating a more direct link between Commonwealth funding for Indigenous health, the national policy role of the Commonwealth, the service delivery roles of the states and territories and the role of community controlled services (Recommendation 7).

• Conference calls for a consistent national approach to closing the gap — one not affected by changes in government — and for improved integration between Commonwealth - funded and State and Territory services for high risk Aboriginal children.

• Conference calls for improved integration between Commonwealth - funded and State and Territory services for high risk rural, remote and Aboriginal children, and for a greater focus on pre-term infants and children with chronic medical problems.

While, for instance, responsibilities for education and health are shared between the Commonwealth, States and Territories, responsibility for record - keeping and access resides separately with each jurisdiction; that for juvenile justice and welfare lies with the States and Territories, and the Commonwealth has «special» responsibility for Indigenous people under s 51 (26) of the Constitution (the races power), as well as for Australia's international human rights obligations by way of its Executive power to ratify treaties and its power to «incorporate» them into domestic law under s 51 (29) of the Constitution.

While noting the explanation by the delegation that political negotiations between the Commonwealth Government and the governments of states and territories take place in cases in which the latter have adopted legislation or policies that may involve a violation of Covenant rights, the Committee stresses that such negotiations can not relieve the State party of its obligation that Covenant rights will be respected and ensured in all parts of its territory without any limitations or exceptions (Article 50).

At the broadest level, Indigenous Education Agreements (1997 - 9) have been concluded between the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments under the Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Program.

Within this National Framework appropriate consultation and delivery arrangements will be agreed between the Commonwealth and individual States and Territories.

As set out in Appendix One, the National framework of principles for government service delivery to Indigenous Australians commit all governments to agree upon appropriate consultation and delivery arrangements between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory.

The Social Justice Commissioner will, over the coming twelve months, establish what mechanisms have been put into place in framework agreements between the Commonwealth and the states and territories, including in relation to health and housing, to ensure appropriate participation of Indigenous peoples.

Since Minister Brough has come in he has very quickly decided that you have got to define an area, put someone in to do an assessment and really coordinate between the Commonwealth and the state an intensive response which is coordinated and planned, et cetera.

It also foreshadows that this will be achieved through the negotiation of bilateral agreements to establish «appropriate consultation and delivery arrangements... between the Commonwealth and individual States and Territories» (152).

As NACCHO note:» [t] he buck passing between Commonwealth and States has always been a major impediment to reform in Aboriginal health... the Framework Agreements are intended to address this area» (65).

From the existing government responses, and from the project team's consultations with governments, it is clear that perceived demarcations of responsibilities between the Commonwealth, States and Territories are also instrumental in determining responsibility.

In this consultation I will be asking governments why, as yet, this commitment to co-operation between the Commonwealth and State governments on native title has not been implemented in any visible way and certainly not in the way that other Indigenous programs have been delivered, as exemplified in the COAG trials.

Integration policy and planning between the Commonwealth, state / territory and local governments is also fundamental to achieving local and regional outcomes.