This is the twelfth edition of the Report on Government Services since it was commissioned by Heads of Government (now COAG) in July 1993.

Produced by the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, this report reviews the performance of the states in the areas of health, community services, housing, justice and emergency management.

This is the second Report in a series that has been prepared at the request of the Council of Australian Governments. It aims to provide indicators of Indigenous disadvantage ‘that are of relevance to all governments and Indigenous stakeholders, and that can demonstrate the impact of programme and policy interventions'.

Produced by the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, this new report contains all indigenous data reported in the Report on Government Services 2005. Released May 2005