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New Closing the Gap targets aim to up number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken, reduce incarceration and suicide rates

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

All state and territory governments have signed up to the targets set out by the historic National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

SES to have 3% Indigenous employee representation by 2024 under new APS workforce strategy

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

The government has released a five-year workforce strategy to increase and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment across the Australian Public Service. Launched on…

NIAA celebrates first birthday, Closing the Gap targets revealed

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of NIAA, noting the agency has worked to improve mental health and wellbeing, education,…

APS career program for Indigenous students moves online

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…

Wyatt signals new approach to Closing the Gap

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

Failures and achievements in improving outcomes for Indigenous Australians have been highlighted in the lead up to the release of the annual Closing the Gap…

Indigenous voice co-design group appointed

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.

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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

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

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…

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Expert briefings

Garran Oration 2019: Mick Dodson has seen the public service struggle with change and Indigenous decision-making, but there’s no need to be afraid

By Mick Dodson

Culture

Professor Mick Dodson, the first-ever Northern Territory Treaty Commissioner, delivered the Garran Oration at the IPAA National Conference, held in Darwin on 26 September 2019.

Government career expo for Indigenous students: last call for applications

By Shannon Jenkins

Culture

Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt has encouraged Indigenous students to take part in an opportunity to explore a future career in the public sector,…

NAIDOC 2019: reconciliation requires more than symbolism

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…

July 1 a new beginning for the National Indigenous Australians Agency, among others

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.

Public servants hastily polish up the blue books as new Morrison ministry takes shape

By Stephen Easton

Federal

A who's-who of the members in contention for Coalition ministerial positions in the days after the 2019 federal election.

Coalition budget commits $20m to study and stimulate social impact investing

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet scored $5 million in last week's budget to consider how the Commonwealth can encourage private investment in…

Filling out forms for aged care is getting simpler, funding major reforms not so much

By Stephen Easton

Federal

In the Australian aged care system, simplifying the complex forms people have to fill out falls to the members of the Aged Care Forms Taskforce;…