Government links

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Directory of Australian Government programs and services

The following directory links to Indigenous services and programs, by category.

Art – Culture – Languages – Broadcasting

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts – Australia Council
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• First Australians – National Museum of Australia
• Indigenous Art – National Gallery of Australia
• Indigenous arts, culture and languages – Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
• Public Awareness Program (including NAIDOC) – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Indigenous Art Code 

Bringing Them Home – Link Up – Healing

• Bringing Them Home – Health and Ageing
• Bringing Them Home Oral History Project – National Library of Australia
• Family History Unit – Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Healing Foundation – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• National Apology – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Records about Indigenous Australians – National Archives of Australia

Communications – Internet

• Digital Switchover – Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
• Indigenous Communications Program – Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Education – Training – Research

• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Indigenous – Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Employment – Economic Development

• Community Development Employment Projects – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Indigenous – Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
• Indigenous Business Australia
• Indigenous Jobs, Money & Business – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Indigenous Land Corporation
• Indigenous Tourism – Tourism Australia
• Public Calling – Australian Public Service Commission
• Defence Indigenous Development Program

Environment – Heritage

• Indigenous Australians Caring for Country – Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
• Indigenous Communities and Natural Resource Management
• Indigenous Heritage Program – Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
• Indigenous Repatriation Program – Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport

Families – Women – Children

• Community Support Service – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Families and Children – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Indigenous Early Childhood – Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Health – Ageing

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health – Health and Ageing
• Drinking Nightmare – Your Life, Your Culture, You Choose!
• Health Heroes 
• National Tobacco Campaign: Break the Chain
• Tomorrow People

Housing – Home Loans – Hostels – Infrastructure

• Aboriginal Hostels Limited
• Home Ownership – Indigenous Business Australia
• Indigenous Housing – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Incorporation

• Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations

Land – Native title

• Indigenous Land Corporation
• Land & Native Title – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• National Native Title Tribunal
• Native Title – Attorney-General’s
• Native Title Representative Bodies and Service Providers
• Office of Township Leasing

Law – Justice – Human Rights

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice – Australian Human Rights Commission
• Indigenous law and justice programs – Attorney-General’s
• National Indigenous Law and Justice Framework – Attorney-General’s

Leadership

• Leadership Development – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Defence Indigenous Development Program

Money – Taxation – Consumer Affairs

• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (use search function to find Indigenous material)
• Information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People – Australian Taxation Office
• MoneySmart – Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Money Management – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• National Indigenous Consumer Strategy – Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs

Participation – Representation

• Indigenous Electoral Participation Program – Australian Electoral Commission
• National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples website
• National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Remote Area Services – Town Camps

• Alice Springs Transformation Plan – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory (Northern Territory Emergency Response) – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Office of the Coordinator General for Remote Indigenous Services
• Remote Service Delivery – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Social Security – Payments to Individuals

• Indigenous Australians – Centrelink
• Welfare Payments Reform – Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Sport – Recreation

• Indigenous Sport - Prime Minister and Cabinet (Office for Sport)
• Indigenous Sports Program – Australian Sports Commission
• Sporting Chance Program – Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Statistics – Reporting

• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Closing the Gap Clearinghouse – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Closing the Gap: Prime Minister’s Report 2011
• Indigenous Expenditure Report – Productivity Commission
• National Indigenous Reform Agreement: Performance report for 2009-10 – COAG Reform Council
• Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage – Productivity Commission

Torres Strait

• Torres Strait Regional Authority

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Indigenous network

The Australian Government reaches out to Indigenous people through a network of offices.

Most agencies with Indigenous responsibilities have State/Territory Offices to coordinate activities in that jurisdiction.

Indigenous Coordination Centres in remote, regional and metropolitan areas look after local coordination and planning of Australian Government programs and services for Indigenous people.

Six Regional Operation Centres serve priority communities under the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Service Delivery. These have staff from both the Australian Government and the relevant State or Territory.

Government Business Managers (or their equivalent) live and work in many communities in the Northern Territory and Remote Service Delivery communities outside the Territory. They are assisted by Indigenous Engagement Officers (or their equivalent).

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Indigenous budget

Each year the Indigenous budget across the Australian Government is coordinated through a single process.

• Indigenous Budget 2011
• Indigenous Budget 2010
• Indigenous Budget 2009
• Indigenous Budget 2008
• Indigenous Budget 2007

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States and territories

All governments in Australia are committed to working together on Closing the Gap.

Ministerial Council on Indigenous Affairs

The Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs is charged by the Council of Australian Governments with ensuring that all levels of government work together to improve the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.

• New South Wales – Aboriginal Affairs
• Queensland – Department of Communities
• Western Australia – Department of Indigenous Affairs
• South Australia – Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division, Aboriginal Support Services
• Victoria – Victoria Indigenous
• Tasmania – Office of Aboriginal Affairs
• Northern Territory – Working Future
• Australian Capital Territory – Multicultural and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
• Australian Local Government Association – Indigenous issues