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Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2013)

Closing the gap: Prime Minister’s report 2013.

Canberra: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

This is the fifth annual report outlining progress made towards meeting the targets set for Closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage in the seven key building blocks:

early childhood
schooling
health
healthy homes
safe communities
economic participation
governance and leadership.

The report includes new data from the 2011 Census and provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of progress against the targets.

The report highlights 2013 as the year the first target - ensuring all Indigenous four-year olds living in remote communities have access to early childhood education within five years - falls due and claims this target will be met.

The Australian Government's agenda for Closing the gap is driven by the need to:

overcome decades of under-investment in services and infrastructure
encourage and support personal responsibility for healthy functional families and communities
build new understanding and respect between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

The report states that continued and sustained effort is needed to close the gap, but that the expected achievement of the early childhood education target in 2013 will support a commitment to ensuring that benefits flow through to the other Closing the gap targets to further address Indigenous disadvantage.

As with previous reports, it is acknowledged that the approach to Closing the Gap is a partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities, the private sector and non-government organisations.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Watson K, Young J, Barnes M (2013)

What constitutes ‘support’ for the role of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child health workforce?.

Australian Health Review; 37(1): 112-116

2012

Aboriginal Affairs Taskforce (2012)

Victorian Government Indigenous affairs report 2010-11.

Melbourne: Department of Planning and Community Development

Alperstein G, Dyer CS (2012)

The development and implementation of a strategic framework to improve Aboriginal child development and wellbeing in far west NSW: a collaborative approach.

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin; 23(4): 73-76

Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council (2012)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework: 2012 report.

Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health and Ageing

This is the fourth report under the auspice of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council to measure progress against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework (HPF). The framework has become one of the key means of monitoring progress in Closing the gap between Indigenous and other Australians. It was reviewed and revised in 2011 and now includes 68 key measures (previously 71 measures) under the following tiers:

Tier 1-Health status and outcomes: measures the prevalence of health conditions including disease or injury, human function, life expectancy, wellbeing and deaths.
Tier 2-Determinants of health: measures of the determinants of health, including socioeconomic status, environmental factors and health behaviours.
Tier 3-Health system performance: measures of the health system, including effectiveness, responsiveness, accessibility, continuity, capability and sustainability.

The aim of the report is to promote accountability, inform policy and research, and generate informed debate. The report includes an overview of current national policies and strategies, and data analysis for each of the three tiers.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Cummins P, Scott D, Scales B (2012)

Meeting the needs of Aboriginal children and young people.

In: Report of the Protecting Victoria’s Vulnerable Children Inquiry. Melbourne: Victorian Government: 271-310

This report section is part of the Report of the Protecting Victoria's Vulnerable Children Inquiry which aimed to meet the needs, improve the lives and secure the rights of vulnerable children and young people residing in Victoria. This section of the report outlines the evidence for vulnerable Indigenous children and families. The report presents:

challenges faced by vulnerable Indigenous children and youth
risk factors
challenges of meeting the needs for vulnerable Indigenous children and families
submissions received
historical context and its impact on Indigenous people and communities.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Cummins P, Scott D, Scales B (2012)

Report of the Protecting Victoria’s Vulnerable Children Inquiry.

Melbourne: Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet

2011

Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2011)

Northern Territory Emergency Response evaluation report 2011.

Canberra: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

2010

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)

Family social network: development of a children’s headline indicator.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)

Shelter: development of a children’s headline indicator.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Department of Health and Ageing (2010)

Medicare benefits schedule - note A25.

Retrieved from http://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=note&q=A25&qt=noteID&criteria=dental

Freemantle J (2010)

Indigenous children - their human rights, mortality, and the Millennium Development Goals.

UN Chronicle: Achieving Global Health; 47(2): 1-5

2009

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009)

Implementation of the children’s services national minimum data set: a feasibility study.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Flaxman S, Muir K, Oprea I (2009)

Indigenous families and children: coordination and provision of services: stronger families and communities strategy 2004–2009.

Canberra: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

2008

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)

Making progress: the health, development and wellbeing of Australia’s children and young people.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (2008)

The wellbeing of young Australians: report card & technical report.

Canberra: Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth

Bromfield L, Holzer P (2008)

A national approach for child protection: project report.

Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies

Katz I (2008)

Early intervention and 'evidence-based' policy.

In: Robinson G, Eickelkamp U, Goodnow J, Katz I, eds. Contexts of child development: culture, policy and intervention. Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press: 90-99

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (2008)

SNAICC service development, cultural respect and service access policy.

North Fitzroy (VIC): Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)

Zubrick SR, Silburn SR, Lawrence DM, Shepherd C, Mitrou F, D'Maio J, Dalby R, Griffin J, Pearson G, Hayward C (2008)

The Western Australian Aboriginal child health survey: are there any policy implications?.

In: Robinson G, Eickelkamp U, Goodnow J, Katz I, eds. Contexts of child development: culture, policy and Intervention. Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press: 59-72