Key Closing the Gap targets not on track, Productivity Commission finds Community & Social Incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults have risen, while the rates of Indigenous youth in detention have dropped, new data from the
Productivity Commission puts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the centre of policy evaluation with new strategy November 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The Productivity Commission has called for the creation of an Office of Indigenous Policy Evaluation to help build evaluation and cultural capability across the Australian
Productivity Commission calls on agencies to ‘lift the bar’ on the quality of evaluations of policies and programs affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people June 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Productivity Commission has published a range of documents to help all federal government agencies improve their evaluations of policies and programs affecting Aboriginal and
NAIDOC 2019: reconciliation requires more than symbolism July 15, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Culture This year’s NAIDOC week has prompted discussions of meaningful change while events have unfolded which reflect the 2019 theme of “Voice, Treaty, Truth” and the
Productivity Commission's new Indigenous affairs role puts evaluation in the spotlight 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
Development of a whole-of-government Indigenous Evaluation Strategy is underway June 27, 2019 By Stephen Easton Community & Social The Productivity Commission has begun development of an evaluation strategy for the whole of the Australian Public Service and any policy or program affecting the