Policies and strategies - health-related
References and links to policies and strategies that address health-related issues relating to Indigenous people are collected here, including National, State and Territory materials.
Health-related
Child protection
2004
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2004)
Child protection Australia 2002-03.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 387KB)
Contains information relating to Indigenous children throughout the report.
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
NSW
2007
New South Wales Government (2007)
New South Wales interagency plan to tackle child sexual assault in Aboriginal communities, 2006-2011.
Sydney: New South Wales Government
View report (PDF - 339KB)
View website: New South Wales Government
2006
Aboriginal Child Sexual Assault Taskforce (2006)
Breaking the silence: creating the future: addressing child sexual assault in Aboriginal communities in NSW.
Sydney: NSW Attorney General's Department
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 1.8MB - large file warning!)
View website: NSW Attorney General's Department
Queensland
2004
Department of Child Safety (2004)
Chapter 7: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Issues. In: A blueprint for implementing the recommendations of the January 2004 Crime and Misconduct Commission report 'protecting children: an inquiry into abuse of children in foster care'.
Brisbane: Department of Child Safety, Queensland Government:167-183
View Indigenous section (PDF - 91KB)
View website: Department of Child Safety, Queensland Government
Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission (2004)
Protecting children: an inquiry into abuse of children in foster care.
Brisbane: Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission
View report (PDF - 2.6MB - large file warning!)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people in Chapter 8.
View website: Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission
Victoria
2002
State Government Victoria, Department of Human Services, Community Care Division (2002)
An integrated strategy for child protection and placement services.
Melbourne: State Government Victoria, Department of Human Services
View report (PDF - 471KB)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people throughout the report.
View website: Department of Human Services
Western Australia
2004
Government of Western Australia (2004)
Gordon implementation: regional update February 2004.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
View report (PDF - 89KB)
View website: Government of Western Australia
2003
Government of Western Australia (2003)
Second progress update on the implementation of 'putting people first': addressing family violence and child abuse in Aboriginal communities.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
View report (PDF -130KB)
View website: Government of Western Australia
Cultural ways
2006
National Health and Medical Research Council (2006)
Cultural competency in health: a guide for policy, partnerships and participation.
Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council
View report (PDF - 576KB)
View website: National Health and Medical Research Council
2004
Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council Standing Committee for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Working Party (2004)
Cultural respect framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, 2004-2009.
Adelaide: Department of Health
View report (PDF - 1.4MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Health
Northern Territory
2007
Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory Government (2007)
Aboriginal cultural security: an outline of the policy and its implementation.
Darwin: Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory Government
View report (PDF - 365MB)
View website: Department of Health and Community Services
Education and training
2005
Australian Council for Educational Research (2005)
Indigenous education research and development plan 2006-2010.
Canberra: Australian Council for Educational Research
View report (PDF - 109KB)
View website: Australian Council for Educational Research
Department of Education Science and Training (2005)
National report to Parliament on Indigenous education and training, 2003.
Canberra: Department of Education, Science and Training
View report Part 1 (PDF - 2.1MB - large file warning!)
View report Part 2 (PDF - 2.7MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Education, Science and Training
Senate Employment Workplace Relations and Education References Committee (2005)
Indigenous education funding: final report.
Canberra: Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education References Committee
View report (PDF - 735KB)
View website: Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education References Committee
2003
Department of Education Science and Training (2003)
Evaluation of the National Indigenous English Literacy and Numeracy Strategy (NIELNS).
Canberra: Department of Education Science and Training
View report (PDF - 638KB)
View website: Department of Education Science and Training
2002
Department of Employment Education and Training (2002)
Working together for Indigenous youth: a national framework.
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.
View report (PDF - 341KB)
View website: Department of Education, Science and Training
Northern Territory
2006
Department of Employment Education and Training (2006)
Indigenous education strategic plan 2006-2009.
Darwin: Northern Territory Government
View report (PDF - 2.0MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Employment Education and Training
Employment
2005
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (2005)
Building on success: CDEP discussion paper 2005.
Canberra: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
View report (PDF - 272KB)
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (2005)
Building on success: CDEP - future directions.
Canberra: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
View report (PDF - 258KB)
Environmental health
2004
Qualitative and Quantitative Social Research, Moore Connections (2004)
Review of the National Environmental Health Strategy: final review report.
Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
View report (PDF - 1.5MB - large file warning!)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people throughout the report.
View website: National Public Health Partnership
Qualitative and Quantitative Social Research, Moo reConnections (2004)
Review of the National Environmental Health Strategy: summary report.
Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
View report (PDF - 486KB)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people throughout the report.
View website: National Public Health Partnership
Queensland
2004
Queensland Health (2004)
Guidelines to report major environmental health issues to Queensland Health that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Queensland: Queensland Health
View report (PDF - 38KB)
View website: Queensland Health
Western Australia
2002
Ferguson-Hill S (2002)
Environmental policy for prevention of heat related illness in Aboriginal children by female environmental health workers in the Kimberley, Western Australia.
Journal of Rural and Remote Environmental Health;1(2):26-28
View article (PDF - 152KB)
View website: Journal of Rural and Tropical Public Health
Family violence
NSW
2004
Kamilaroi Regional Council (2004)
Family violence action plan 2004.
Tamworth, NSW: Kamilaroi Regional Council
View report (PDF - 339KB)
View website: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Tasmania
nd
Anonymous (nd)
Government partnerships with the Aboriginal community in Tasmania: building a stronger community to overcome family violence.
Woden, ACT: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
View report (PDF - 270KB)
View website: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
Victoria
2004
Department of Human Services (2004)
Victorian Government response to the Victorian Indigenous Family Violence Task Force final report.
Melbourne: Department of Human Services, Victorian Government
View report (PDF - 227KB)
View website: Department of Human Services
Western Australia
2004
Department for Community Development, Family and Domestic Violence Unit (2004)
Western Australian family and domestic violence state strategic plan.
Perth: Department for Community Development
View report (PDF - 850KB)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people throughout the report.
View website: Department for Community Development
Government of Western Australia (2004)
Gordon implementation: regional update February 2004.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
View report (PDF - 89KB)
View website: Government of Western Australia
2003
Government of Western Australia (2003)
Second progress update on the implementation of 'putting people first': addressing family violence and child abuse in Aboriginal communities.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
View report (PDF -130KB)
View website: Government of Western Australia
Housing and infrastructure
2007
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2007)
National Indigenous Housing Guide, 3rd edition; Improving the living environment for safety, health and sustainability.
View report (Html)
View report (PDF - 404KB)
View website: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (2007)
Living in the sunburnt country: Indigenous housing: findings of the review of the Community Housing and Infrastructure Programme, final report.
Canberra: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
View report (PDF - 1.4MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
2006
Department of Families Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2006)
The best way forward: delivering housing and infrastructure to Indigenous Australians.
Canberra: Department of Families Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
View report (PDF - 393KB)
View website: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2006)
The best way forward: delivering housing and infrastructure to Indigenous Australians: Community Housing and Infrastructure Program (CHIP) review, issues paper.
Canberra: Department of Families Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
View report (PDF - 393KB)
View website: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
2005
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005)
Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement national data reports 2003-04: state owned and managed Indigenous housing.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 285KB)
View website:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005)
Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement national data reports 2003-04: public rental housing.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 319KB)
Contains information relating to Indigenous housing throughout the report.
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Rogers P, Stevens K, Briskman L, Berry M (2005)
Framework for evaluating Building a Better Future: Indigenous Housing to 2010.
Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
View report
View website: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
2004
Australian National Audit Office (2004)
National Aboriginal Health Strategy delivery of housing and infrastructure to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities follow-up audit: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services.
Canberra: Australian National Audit Office
View report (PDF - 371KB)
View website: Australian National Audit Office
Western Australia
2006
Department of Housing and Works, Equal Opportunity Commission (2006)
Aboriginal housing: joint statement.
Perth: Department of Housing and Works and Equal Opportunity Commission
View report (PDF - 636KB)
View website: Department of Housing and Works
View website: Equal Opportunity commission
Western Australian Aboriginal Housing and Infrastructure Council (2006)
Western Australia's operational plan for Indigenous housing, infrastructure, and essential services, July 2006-June 2007.
Perth: Department of Housing and Works
View report (PDF - 3.7MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Housing and Works
Road safety
2006
Australian Transport Council (2006)
National Road Safety Strategy 2001-2010 and National Road Safety Action Plan 2005 and 2006: progress report on outcomes and action implementation, August 2006.
Canberra: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
View report (PDF - 582KB)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people throughout the report.
View website: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Australian Transport Council (2006)
National Road Safety Action Plan: 2007 and 2008.
Canberra: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
View report (PDF - 4.5MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
2004
Australian Transport Council (2004)
National Road Safety Action Plan: 2005 and 2006.
Canberra: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
View report (PDF - 455KB)
View website: Australian Transport Safety Council
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (2004)
Road safety in Australia: a publication commemorating World Health Day 2004.
Canberra: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
View report (PDF - 7.1MB - large file warning!)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people in Chapter 28
View website: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Australian Transport Council (2004)
National Road Safety Strategy 2001-2010: progress report for 2004
Canberra: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
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View report (PDF - 36 KB)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people throughout the report.
View website: Australian Transport Safety Council
2002
Australian Transport Council (2002)
National Road Safety Action Plan: 2003 and 2004.
Canberra: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
View report (PDF - 194KB)
View website: Australian Transport Safety Bureau
NSW
2006
NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (2006)
Aboriginal action plan 2006-2010.
Sydney: NSW Roads and Traffic Authority
View report (PDF - 1.2MB - large file warning!)
View website: NSW Roads and Traffic Authority
NSW Health (2006)
Transport for health.
Sydney: NSW Health
View report (PDF - 314KB)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people throughout the report.
View website: NSW Health
Northern Territory
2006
Northern Territory Road Safety Task Force (2006)
Safer road use: a Territory imperative.
Darwin : Northern Territory Government
View report (PDF - 782KB)
View website: Northern Territory Transport Group
Skov S, Bigg C, Papandinakis N, Payne M, Rennie B, et al. (2006)
The time for safer roads in the NT has come: summary and outcomes of the NT Road Safety Task Force process.
Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;13(4):1-3
View article (PDF - 892KB)
View website: Northern Territory Control Bulletin
2004
NT Road Safety Council (2004)
Northern Territory Road Safety Strategy 2004-2010: reduced road trauma.
Darwin: Northern Territory Government
View report (PDF - 3.1MB - large file warning!)
View website: Northern Territory Government
South Australia
2003
Road Safety Advisory Council (2003)
Reducing road trauma in South Australia: possible initiatives 2004-2010.
Adelaide: Road Safety Advisory Council
View report (PDF - 199KB)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people on page 19.
View website: Road Safety Advisory Council
Safety promotion/Injury prevention
2005
National Public Health Partnership (2005)
The national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander safety promotion strategy.
Canberra: National Public Health Partnership
View report (PDF - 320KB)
This Strategy built on and was integrated with the National Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Plan – 2004-2014.
View website: National Public Health Partnership
National Public Health Partnership (2005)
The national injury prevention and safety promotion plan: 2004-2014.
Canberra: National Public Health Partnership
View report (PDF - 401KB)
Contains information relating to Indigenous people throughout the report.
View website: National Public Health Partnership
2004
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Injury Prevention Action Committee (2004)
The draft national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander safety promotion strategy.
Canberra: National Public Health Partnership
View report (PDF - 138KB)
View website: National Public Health Partnership
Moller J, Thomson N, Brooks J (2004)
Injury prevention activity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Volume 1: Current status and future directions.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
View report (PDF - 276KB)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing
2003
Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing (2003)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander injury prevention workshop.
Canberra: Department of Health & Ageing
View report (PDF - 423KB)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing
NSW
2004
Albany P (2004)
NSW adopts Aboriginal safety strategy.
Injury Issues Monitor;30:8
View report (PDF - 793KB)
View website: National Injury Surveillance Unit, Flinders University
2003
NSW Health (2003)
Aboriginal safety promotion strategy.
North Sydney: NSW Department of Health
View report (PDF - 213KB)
View website: NSW Department of Health
Socioeconomic
2007
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2007)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2007: report.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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(PDF - 4.0MB - large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2007)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2007: overview.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
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(PDF - 2.9MB - large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission
2005
Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2005)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2005: report.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 2.6MB - large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission
Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2005)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2005: overview.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View report (PDF - 1.9MB - large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission
2004
Australasia Economics (2004)
Key social and economic indicators for Indigenous Australia: a comparative analysis.
Canberra: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination, Australian Government
View report
View website: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
2003
Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2003)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2003: report.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 1.3MB large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission
Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2003)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2003: overview.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View report (PDF - 984KB)
View website: Productivity Commission
nd
Australian Government (nd)
Achieving Indigenous economic independence: Indigenous economic development strategy: targeting jobs, businesses and assets.
Canberra: Australian Government
View report (PDF - 490KB )
View website: Employment and workplace relations services for Australian
Western Australia
2005
Department of Indigenous Affairs (2005)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage in Western Australia (Conclusion pp. 254 - 259).
Perth: Western Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs
View report (PDF - 1.4MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Indigenous Affairs
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