More Effective Government
Building the evidence base - closing the gap
The Government’s commitment to evidence-based policy is supported in this Budget with funding of $1.7 million over two years for two initiatives:
- the expansion of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) – to be conducted (for the third time) by the Australian Bureau of Statistics later in 2008 – so that it can obtain more detailed information about the situation of Indigenous children; and
- the establishment of a national clearinghouse on best practice and successful Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs. The clearinghouse will provide a single point for gathering and disseminating reliable information to underpin policy development in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs.