More Effective Government
Improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people requires a reform of governance and accountabilities – new ways of working – to ensure that our expenditure is targeted, effective and accountable.
The key elements of this approach include:
- a new partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people rather than imposing solutions on them (see ‘A new partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’);
- a new partnership with other governments – framed around collaborative rather than coercive working relationships;
- highly collaborative working relationships between ministers and between agencies within the Australian Government;
- a commitment to transparency, accountability and an improvement in the quality of engagement by government with Indigenous people, especially in remote areas; and
- an enhanced focus on improving the performance of mainstream programs and services in meeting Indigenous needs.