Indigenous procurement targets undermined by implementation and compliance issues, audit finds Friday February 21, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Departments have failed to comply with targets set out by the Commonwealth’s Indigenous Procurement Policy, the Australian National Audit Office has found. Read more
Indigenous voice co-design group appointed Wednesday January 15, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt has announced who will make up the new group tasked with bringing an Indigenous voice to government. Read more
Premium Case studies A case study in creative funding arrangements: how the Indigenous Advancement Strategy grant program can be used to hand out money in a needlessly convoluted and opaque way Wednesday January 15, 2020 By Stephen Easton Case studies The federal government sensibly linked its ambitions to boost economic development in northern Australia with its Indigenous affairs policies, but a lot of the details… Read more
PM&C should do more to raise awareness of Indigenous Procurement Policy, review finds Tuesday December 10, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The Federal government's Indigenous Procurement Policy has been beneficial to the Indigenous business sector, but there is still work to be done to smooth out… Read more
Indigenous public service leaders wanted, to help reform ‘the structures of colonisation’ Monday November 25, 2019 By Stephen Easton Community & Social Governments need to make a long-term investment in Indigenous leadership backed up by significant structural and cultural change, argues the head of the Australia New… Read more
NAIDOC 2019: reconciliation requires more than symbolism Monday July 15, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Culture The Productivity Commission's new commissioner, Romlie Mokak, said in a speech at Old Parliament House that "NAIDOC’s impact must surely go well beyond a single… Read more
Productivity Commission's new Indigenous affairs role puts evaluation in the spotlight Tuesday July 9, 2019 By Stephen Easton Community & Social “The notion that we just bolt on evaluation at the back end, or close to the back end of a program, I'm hoping that those… Read more
July 1 a new beginning for the National Indigenous Australians Agency, among others Tuesday July 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal National Indigenous Australians Agency and Commonwealth Office of Road Safety opened; North Queensland Livestock Industry Recovery Agency upgraded; Australian Space Agency celebrates 'paper' anniversary. Read more
Indigenous Australians and fast trains: new agency details Monday June 3, 2019 By David Donaldson Federal Two new executive agencies were gazetted by the federal government last week — the National Indigenous Australians Agency and the National Faster Rail Agency. Read more
