COAG Flashcards
What different partnerships did the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) facilitate to help achieve the various goals of the Closing the Gap Target? (6)
Partnership on Indigenous Health Outcomes
Partnership on remote Indigenous housing
Partnership on Indigenous Early Childhood Development
Partnership on Indigenous Economic Participation
Partnership on Remote Service Delivery
Partnership on Remote Indigenous Public Internet Access
What is the significance of the Partnership on Indigenous Health Outcomes?
$5.4 billion to the NPRH (national partnership on remote housing) which allowed for construction of 4000 new homes and refurbishment of 7500 existing houses across 300 remote Indigenous communities
What is the significance of the Partnership on Indigenous Early Childhood Development? (5+funding)
COAG joint funding of around $547.2 million over 6 years to address needs of Indigenous children in their early years. Through this Agreement, the commonwealth, states and territories work together to improve early childhood outcomes through addressing the levels of disadvantage they currently experience
Also;
Minimum of 35 Children and Family Centres established in urban, regional and remote areas with high Indigenous populations and disadvantage
Provision of early learning, child care and parent and family support services to Indigenous families at or through each of the Children and Family Centres
Increased provision of maternal and child health services for Indigenous children and their mothers
Increased provision of sexual and reproductive health services to Indigenous teenagers
Increased provision of antenatal care services (care received during pregnancy) targeted towards young Indigenous women
What is the significance of the partnership on Indigenous Economic participation? (4+funding)
Almost $200 million worth of funding
This strategy has four elements that form a combined strategy to help halve the Indigenous employment gap:
Creating real sustainable employment in areas of gov service delivery
Strengthening current government procurement policies to maximise Indigenous employment
Incorporating Indigenous workforce strategies
Reviewing public sector Indigenous employment and career development strategies to increase employment
What is the significance of the partnership on Remote Service Delivery? (4+funding)
Funding of almost $200 million
This strategy will have various objective and outcomes, which will be achieved through:
Delivering community leadership skills program
Identifying gaps in priority local infrastructure
Strengthening interpreting and translation services in response to local needs
Delivering cultural competence measures for gov. Employees involved with various ATSI communities
What is the significance of the Partnership on Remote Indigenous Public Internet Access? (3+funding)
nvolves funding of over $600 million
There are various objectives and outcomes of this agreement, including:
Providing new or expanded public internet access tailored to individual community circumstances to remote Indigenous communities
Maintenance of public internet facilities installed to ensure they remain functional and accessible
Delivery of training sessions in up to 60 remote Indigenous communities per year with populations of generally 100 or more people that provide Indigenous Australians with skills
What is the significance of the partnership on Remote Service Delivery? (4+funding)
Funding of almost $200 million
This strategy will have various objective and outcomes, which will be achieved through:
Delivering community leadership skills program
Identifying gaps in priority local infrastructure
Strengthening interpreting and translation services in response to local needs
Delivering cultural competence measures for gov. Employees involved with various ATSI communities
What is the significance of the partnership on Indigenous Economic participation? (4+funding)
Almost $200 million worth of funding
This strategy has four elements that form a combined strategy to help halve the Indigenous employment gap:
Creating real sustainable employment in areas of gov service delivery
Strengthening current government procurement policies to maximise Indigenous employment
Incorporating Indigenous workforce strategies
Reviewing public sector Indigenous employment and career development strategies to increase employment
What are the six closing the gap targets?
Close life expectancy gap within a generation
Halve the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five within a decade
Ensure access to early childhood education for all Indigienous four year olds in remote communities within five years
Halve the gap in reading, writing and numeracy achievements for children within a decade
Halve the gap for indigenous students in year 12 attainment rates by 2022
Halve the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a decade
