Portfolio Budget Statements 2008-09 

• 2.1 Outcomes and performance information

2.1 Outcomes and Performance Information

The Australian Government requires agencies to measure their intended and actual performance in terms of outcomes. Government outcomes are the results, impacts or consequences of actions by the Government on the Australian community. Agencies are required to identify the output groups which demonstrate their contribution to Government outcomes over the coming year.

Each outcome is described below by output groups, specifying the performance indicators and targets used to assess and monitor the performance of Indigenous Land Corporation in achieving Government outcomes.

2.1.1 Outcome 1: Provide economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits for Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders by assisting in the acquisition and management of an Indigenous land base

Outcome 1 Strategy

The key strategies of ILC to achieve Outcome 1, as articulated in ILC’s Corporate Plan, are as follows.

Land Acquisition

ILC will acquire properties that deliver benefits to Indigenous people, including for the following priorities:

• achievement of training and employment outcomes
• provision of student hostels in regional/remote Australia to achieve educational outcomes.

Properties will be acquired and granted to Indigenous corporations that demonstrate the capacity for and commitment to sustainable property management, and the delivery of economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits through land use. ILC-acquired properties will be monitored to record the benefits being delivered.

Land Management

Assistance will be provided to Indigenous landholders to manage and improve their land to achieve economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits. In collaboration with other agencies, ILC will provide assistance to Indigenous landholders in the form of property management planning, training and mentoring. Land management activities will be carried out on ILC-held properties, including the protection of cultural and environmental heritage.

ILC will develop projects that produce training and employment outcomes on ILC-held properties, where granting will occur in the longer-term.

ILC will facilitate the development of viable businesses in the agricultural, pastoral and tourism industries to deliver training and employment to Indigenous people.

Training centres will be developed to enhance the skills of Indigenous people, which will lead to ongoing employment opportunities.

Outcome 1 Resource statement

Table 2.1.1 provides additional detail of Budget appropriations and the total resourcing for outcome 1.

Note: Departmental Appropriation splits and totals, by outcome and output, are indicative estimates and may change in the course of the budget year as government priorities change.

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Contributions to Outcome 1

Output Group 1.1: Assistance in the acquisition and management of an Indigenous land base

Output Group 1.1 will contribute to the achievement of Outcome 1 in providing economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits for Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders by assisting in the acquisition and management of an Indigenous land base. ILC’s National Indigenous Land Strategy gives priority to the achievement of training and employment outcomes and effective collaboration with other government and non government agencies, the private sector and Indigenous organisations.