Examines whether policies and programs are achieving positive outcomes for Indigenous Australians. Key points

This report aims to promote awareness about the performance of government services and help drive improvements. There are a number of improvements in this year's Report, including the introduction of sector summaries in all broad reporting areas (Early childhood, education and training, Justice, Emergency management, Health, Community services, and Housing and homelessness), further data quality...

In 2002, Australian governments collectively made a renewed commitment to overcoming the disadvantage experienced by many Indigenous Australians. As part of this commitment, governments agreed to a regular public report on progress — the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators report. This is the fifth edition of that report. This report is more than a collection...

The Productivity Commission's annual Report on Government Services devotes particular attention to mainstream services delivered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This Compendium makes these data readily accessible in one publication. This edition of the Compendium, like the 2010 Report, contains additional reporting in a number of areas, including achievement of VET qualifications and...

About this report Background to National Agreement reporting In November 2008, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) endorsed a new Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations (IGA) (COAG 2009a). The Ministerial Council for Federal Financial Relations has general oversight of the operations of the IGA [para. A4(a)]. The IGA included six new National Agreements (NAs):