Overcoming indigenous disadvantage - key indicators
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT
2003-11
The OID report measures the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have been actively involved in the development and production of the report. Section 1.1 describes the origins of the report, and section 1.2 describes its key objectives. Section 1.3 provides contextual information on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. Section 1.4 includes a brief historical narrative to help put the information in the report into context. Section 1.5 summarises some recent developments in government policy that have influenced the report and section 1.6 provides further information on the Steering Committee and the OID Working Group that advises it.
"These reports generally uses the term ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians’ to describe Australia’s first peoples and ‘non-Indigenous Australians’ to refer to Australians of other backgrounds, except where quoting other sources." Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this publication may contain images of deceased people.
Preliminaries -- Overview chapter -- Introduction -- The framework -- Key themes and interpretation -- COAG targets and headline indicators -- Governance, leadership and culture -- Early child development -- Education and training -- Healthy lives -- Economic participation -- Home environment -- Safe and supportive communities -- Outcomes for Torres Strait Islander people -- Measuring factors that improve outcomes -- Appendices.
English
Aboriginal Australians -- Ecoomic conditions; Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions; Public welfare administration -- Australia; Aboriginal Australians -- Services for; Closing the Gap of Indigenous Disadvantage (Australia)
Australia. Productivity Commission for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Canberra (A.C.T.)
5 volumes (various pagings) : charts, colour map ; 30 cm.
application/pdf
9781740375917 (Print); 9781740375900 (PDF)
1448-9805 (Print); 2206-9704 (Online)
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Australia. Productivity Commission for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00042
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/267090
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445158
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445153; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445154; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445156; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445151
5.14 OVERCOMING INDIGENOUS DISADVANTAGE 2016 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians eligible to nominate to stand for election in 2016, at 2.7 per cent (tables 5.2.1, 5A.2.8). (Caution should be used in interpreting the representation in parliament due to the small numbers involved.) Table 5.2.1 Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in parliament, relative to the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the population eligible to enter parliament, as at June 2016a, b NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Aus Gov. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of parliament (no.) 1 2 2 1 6 4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members as % of all members (%) 0.7 2.2 2.1 5.9 24.0 1.8 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population as % of population (%)c 2.6 0.8 3.8 3.5 2.0 4.2 1.6 29.2 2.7 a Current as at 30 June 2016. b Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of parliament are counted in the jurisdiction of the parliament (e.g., NSW parliament counted in NSW, Parliament of Australia counted in Aust.). c Population is aged 18 years and over and eligible to enter parliament. Nil or rounded to zero. Sources: Gobbett, H. (2016) Indigenous parliamentarians, federal and state: a quick guide and unpublished (2016) jurisdictions; ABS (2014) Estimates and projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2001 to 2026, Cat no. 3238.0.55.001; AEC (2016) Size of the electoral roll and estimated participation rate as at 30 June 2016; table 5A.2.7. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation in the State and Territory parliaments As at 30 June 2016, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation in State and Territory parliaments ranged from: over parity in the ACT Legislative Assembly (5.9 per cent representation in parliament compared with 1.6 per cent representation in the eligible population) below parity for all other State and Territory governments (table 5.2.1). Felt able to have a say on important issues within the community The extent to which people feel that they have a say on important community issues is a proxy for personal autonomy control over decisions that affect them, and a feeling that their ideas and input are valued by the community. Nationally in 2014-15, one-quarter (25.5 per cent) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians aged 15 years and over felt they were able to have their say within the
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