Food security ‘constant concern’ for many remote Indigenous communities, inquiry finds Tuesday December 8, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social A parliamentary committee has called on the federal government to partner with state and territory governments as well as First Nations people to develop a…
Opinion: let’s move the National Indigenous Australians Agency to Old Parliament House Friday October 16, 2020 By Catherine Sullivan Culture The NIAA is housed in modern offices in Woden, next door to the shopping centre. This location might be suitable in terms of efficiency but…
Most funding from key Indigenous Advancement Strategy programs allocated on a non-competitive basis, audit finds Tuesday September 29, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Education The latest audit found NIAA’s administration of the two IAS programs has been 'largely effective' but highlighted a range of issues that need to be…
NIAA provides new Indigenous Procurement Policy guidance Friday July 17, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social NIAA say that from July 2020, the Indigenous Procurement Policy's minimum mandatory requirements for Indigenous participation would be expanded to include 11 extra industry sectors,…
One year of NIAA: Ray Griggs and Letitia Hope reflect on the COVID-19 threat to Indigenous communities and Black Lives Matter Tuesday July 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Ray Griggs notes the threat to remote Indigenous communities has not changed, and it's just that the measures taken early on in Indigenous communities were…
APS career program for Indigenous students moves online Friday June 12, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Education Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt said the mentoring and workshops delivered through the Work Exposure in Government initiative would take place online, with skills…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
