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Overcoming indigenous disadvantage - key indicators

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Title

Overcoming indigenous disadvantage - key indicators

Creator

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT

Date

2003-11

Abstract

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.

Notes

"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.; Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators reports for 2003, 2009,2011, 2014 and 2016

Table of contents

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.

Language

English

Subject

Closing the Gap of Indigenous Disadvantage (Australia); Aboriginal Australians; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Public welfare administration; Services for

Publisher name

Australia. Productivity Commission for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision

Place of publication

Canberra (A.C.T.)

Format

5 volumes (various pagings) : charts, colour map ; 30 cm

File type

application/pdf

ISBN

9781740375917 (Print); 9781740375900 (PDF)

ISSN

1448-9805 (Print); 2206-9704 (Online)

Use

Copyright

Copyright owner

Australia. Productivity Commission for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision

License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00042

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445151 [LANT; E-Publications: Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators 2003]; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445156 [LANT; E-Publications: Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators 2009]; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445158 [LANT; E-Publications: Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators 2011]; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445154 [LANT; E-Publications: Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators 2014]; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445153 [LANT; E-Publications: Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage key indicators 2016]

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/267090

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445158

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445153; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445154; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445156; https://hdl.handle.net/10070/445151

Page content

TABLE 9A.1.3 Table 9A.1.3 NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Australia (b) Australia (b) Number Full time and part time employment, employed people aged 1564 years, by State and Territory, by remoteness area, 2001, 2006 and 2011 (Census data) (a) Proportion (per cent) Employed (c) Major cities 75.0 76.0 62.6 73.8 73.9 .. 99.7 .. 70.7 6 151 371 Inner regional 18.7 19.3 19.7 11.5 11.8 66.9 0.2 .. 18.3 1 594 553 Outer regional 5.7 4.5 14.7 8.6 10.6 30.8 .. 68.7 8.8 769 169 Remote 0.4 0.1 1.9 4.2 2.9 1.4 .. 21.3 1.4 121 241 Very remote 0.1 .. 0.9 1.6 0.7 0.6 .. 9.2 0.5 44 370 Australia (e) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 8 694 992 Working full-time (f) Major cities 76.4 77.0 62.3 73.4 74.0 .. 99.7 .. 71.3 4 016 275 Inner regional 17.4 18.4 19.2 11.1 11.5 67.1 0.2 .. 17.5 984 064 Outer regional 5.5 4.4 15.2 8.6 10.6 30.6 .. 67.8 8.9 500 521 Remote 0.5 0.1 2.1 4.6 3.0 1.4 .. 21.4 1.5 85 309 Very remote 0.1 .. 1.0 1.9 0.8 0.7 .. 10.0 0.6 33 427 Australia (e) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 5 629 054 Working part-time (g) Major cities 72.0 74.4 63.7 75.5 74.2 .. 99.6 .. 69.8 1 757 281 Inner regional 21.6 20.8 20.8 11.9 12.3 67.2 0.2 .. 20.1 506 119 Outer regional 6.0 4.6 13.4 8.4 10.2 30.8 .. 71.8 8.6 215 640 Remote 0.3 0.1 1.4 3.2 2.8 1.4 .. 21.5 1.1 27 633 Very remote .. 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 .. 5.9 0.3 7 718 Australia (e) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2 517 802 Employed (d) All persons (h) OVERCOMING INDIGENOUS DISADVANTAGE 2016 ATTACHMENT TABLES PAGE 5 of TABLE 9A.1.3