CLOSING THE GAP OF INDIGENOUS CLOSING THE GAP OF INDIGENOUS DISADVANTAGEDISADVANTAGE

A GENERATIONAL PLAN OF ACTIONA GENERATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION

• Vision

By 2030, Indigenous children born in the Territory will be as healthy and live as long as other Territorians. They will have the opportunity to participate fully in the social and economic life of the Territory, while having a strong cultural identity.

• 5, 10 and 20 years targets

• Funded 5 year NT Government actions

• Areas to negotiate with the Australian Government for complementary long term measures

• Responses to the Inquiry recommendations

Closing the Gap of Indigenous Disadvantage: Closing the Gap of Indigenous Disadvantage: A Generational Plan of ActionA Generational Plan of Action

Closing the GapClosing the Gap framework framework

NT Government 5 year commitmentNT Government 5 year commitment

Child protection $79.36m

Remote Area Policing Strategy, community justice and other safety measures

$38.61m

Alcohol and drug management $10.11m

Health $23.40m

Housing (in addition to $100m commitment) $42.32 m

Education $70.68 m

Employment and economic development $13.0 m

Cross cultural understanding and Indigenous engagement $8.95m

TOTAL $286.43(incl 223 positions)

SafetySafety

20 Year Targets

• Indigenous children will no longer be over-represented as victims of child abuse or neglect

• Rates of Indigenous deaths from homicide and hospitalisations for assault will be similar to non-Indigenous rates

• Rates of Indigenous alcohol related hospitalisations and assaults will be similar to non-Indigenous rates

5 Year Targets

• Rate of sexual abuse substantiations for Indigenous children will initially increase from the 2005/06 rate

• Rate of neglect substantiations for Indigenous children will initially increase from the 2005/06 rate and then level out

• Per capita alcohol consumption rate will decline by 15%

• The proportion of the population drinking beyond safe levels for short term harm will be reduced by 20%

Safety – Child protectionSafety – Child protection

Children’s Commissioner $1.6m

Care and Protection of Children Bill $0.8m

Community education campaign $0.44m

10 additional child protection workers $6.80m

Residential care unit and therapy $10.20m

Additional care and case management $8.80m

Network of Aboriginal Child Protection and Care Services $10.15m

Sexual Assault Referral Centres $6.30m

Expand Child Abuse Taskforce $29.04m

10 additional student counsellors $5.23m

TOTAL $79.36

Safety – Alcohol and drugsSafety – Alcohol and drugs

8 additional alcohol compliance inspectors $1.35m

2 court clinicians $1.24m

Licensing Identification System $3.77m

Expand Return to Home $0.25m

Regional alcohol management strategies $2.5m

Alcohol education program $1.00m

Introduce amendments to the Liquor Act and declare dry areas

TOTAL $10.11m

Safety – Policing, justice and family violence Safety – Policing, justice and family violence

Remote Area Policing Strategy $11.2m

10 community courts $2.1m

10 community corrections officers $4.62m

Indigenous family violence offender program $5.24m

Katherine Witness Assistance Service $0.9m

Integrated community based family violence programs $7.9m

Sexual offender rehabilitation $4.44m

Elders Visiting Program $0.96m

Pornography and gambling education $1.25

TOTAL $38.61m

HealthHealth20 Year Targets

• Indigenous children will have life expectancy at birth comparable with non-Indigenous children

• Rates of Indigenous people hospitalised for preventable conditions will be comparable with rates of non-Indigenous people

10 Year Targets

• The difference between rates of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people hospitalised for preventable conditions will be halved

• Mean birth weight of Indigenous babies will be within 150g of non-Indigenous babies

• The difference between smoking rates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people will be halved

5 Year Targets

• Rates of Indigenous infant mortality will be less than 13 per 1000 live births

• More than 25% of Indigenous people will exercise at moderate/high levels

HealthHealth

Integrated family/children centres, including antenatal, maternal and early childhood programs

$9.60m

Alcohol and drug rehabilitation and treatment services $0.5m

Shire sport and recreation programs $4.5m

Hearing loss and preventable chronic disease programs $8.80m

Work with Australian Government and Aboriginal community controlled health sector to develop a primary health care strategy

TOTAL $23.4m

HousingHousing

20 Year Targets

• Less than 10% of Indigenous Territorians will live in overcrowded conditions

• Rates of home ownership for Indigenous Territorians will increase

• Rates of Indigenous people with diseases associated with poor environmental health will be comparable with rates of non-Indigenous people

10 Year Targets

• The difference between rates of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people hospitalised with diseases associated with poor environmental health will be will be halved

5 Year Targets

• The backlog in housing for remote Indigenous Territorians will be reduced by 20%

• Indigenous people in remote areas will have the opportunity to access home ownership

HousingHousing

Negotiate with the Australian Government for a significant share of the $1.6b ARIA program

Roll out the $100m NT Government commitment to remote housing

Government employee housing$42.32m

TOTAL $42.32m

EducationEducation20 Year Targets

• The rates of achievement of national literacy and numeracy standards for Indigenous students will be comparable with that of non-Indigenous students

• The rates of achievement of national literacy and numeracy standards for remote students will be comparable with that of urban students

• The success rate for Indigenous students receiving their Northern Territory Certificate of Education will be comparable with that of non-Indigenous students

5 Year Targets

• All three and four year old Indigenous children will have access to quality early learning programs

• Indigenous primary and secondary school students will be attending school at rates comparable to non-Indigenous students

• At least 75% of Indigenous children will be achieving literacy and numeracy standards in Year 3

Education Education

8 new mobile preschools and 21 teachers and assistants $9.5m

26 teachers $12.83m

Build 15 classrooms $6m

School attendance team $1.8m

Upgrade 15 community education centres $20m

‘Value of schooling’ education campaign $0.55m

Upgrade 2 homeland learning centres $10m

IT resources for staff and students $2.7m

Regional hostels for senior studies $0.7m

Partnership programs to improve student engagement $6.6m

TOTAL $70.68m

JobsJobs20 Year Targets• Labour force participation rates will be similar for Indigenous and non-Indigenous

Territorians• Rates of Indigenous employment in Northern Territory Public Sector (NTPS) will

reflect the population demographics of the local region

10 Year Targets• Indigenous youth (18 to 24 years) will be engaged in either further study, training

or work at rates comparable to non-Indigenous youth• At least 30% of people completing Vocational Education and Training (VET)

qualifications, apprenticeships and traineeships will be Indigenous• Indigenous labour force participation rates will be more than 60%

5 Year Targets• At least 50% of people undertaking VET qualifications, apprenticeships and

traineeships will be Indigenous• At least 10% of the NTPS will be Indigenous

JobsJobs

Transition CDEP jobs to mainstream NTPS positions $10m

Support Indigenous economic development initiatives $3m

Develop a road access component under the 10 Year Infrastructure Plan

Use housing construction programs and capital works programs to facilitate Indigenous employment

TOTAL $13m

CultureCulture

20 Year Targets

• All students will be able to demonstrate achievement in Indigenous studies throughout compulsory years of schooling

10 Year Targets

• All Northern Territory Public Sector employees will have accessed a cross-cultural program

5 Year Targets

• Indigenous cultural studies will be taught in all primary and secondary schools in the Northern Territory

• 50% of Northern Territory Public Sector employees will have accessed a cross-cultural program

CultureCulture

Expand Indigenous culture programs in NT schools $0.5m

Implement cross cultural programs in NTPS

Implement a Whole-of-Government Indigenous communications strategy

TOTAL $0.5m

A better way of doing businessA better way of doing business20 Year Targets• Rates of Indigenous employment in the NTPS will reflect the population

demographics of the local region• Rates of Indigenous teachers/education workers in schools and health

workers will reflect the population demographics of the NT

10 Year Targets• At least 20% of the NTPS will be Indigenous

5 Year Targets• At least 10% of the NTPS will be Indigenous• An Indigenous Affairs Advisory Council will be in place to provide advice to

the Chief Minister• Sustainable local government structures will be in place to service remote

areas• Indigenous people will have effective pathways to input into government

policy, planning and service delivery

A better way of doing businessA better way of doing business

Indigenous Affairs Advisory Council $0.45m

Local community boards $3m

Infrastructure to support community governance $5m

TOTAL $8.45m

• The Northern Territory Government is seeking the Australian Government’s support for the long term approach outlined in Closing the Gap.

• For each of the objective areas, recent Australian Government initiatives have been identified, as well as some areas for negotiation with the Australian Government.

• We are seeking a long term commitment to addressing Indigenous disadvantage that goes beyond the Intervention currently underway.

Negotiation with the Australian GovernmentNegotiation with the Australian Government

• Housing - $793 million of housing related funding including $279 million of announced initiatives and a further $414 million of new initiatives. Funding includes $20 million per annum for municipal services to outstations.

• Health - $35 million one-off primary health care funding in 2007-08 followed by approximately $50 million per annum funding thereafter.

• Jobs - $10 million for CDEP Program conversion to new jobs.

• Education - A commitment by the Northern Territory to resourcing of schools to ensure all children of compulsory school age are accommodated in terms of classrooms and teachers.

• Police – Commitment of 66 police, plus support for infrastructure is currently being negotiated.

Recent agreementsRecent agreements