Planning together for Amata's future

Anangu children:

• are born healthy
• acquire the basic skills for life and learning
• benefit from better social inclusion and reduced disadvantage
• have access to affordable, quality early childhood education
• quality early childhood education and care supports parental workforce participation

• Indigenous Early Childhood Development NP agreement
• Early Childhood Education NP agreement
• TAFE Fee Waivers for childcare Childcare Qualifications NP agreement
• Investing in the Early Years – a National Early Childhood development Strategy

• Schooling promotes social inclusion and reduces educational disadvantage
• Anangu youth meet basic literacy and numeracy standards, and overall levels of literacy and numeracy are improving
• Anangu young people successfully transition from school to work and/ or further study

• National Education agreement
• Low Socio-Economic Status School Communities NP agreement
• Smarter Schools – Improving Teacher Quality NP agreement
• Smarter Schools – Literacy and Numeracy NP agreement
• Building the Education Revolution

Anangu people:

• achieve health outcomes comparable to the broader population
• have ready access to suitable and culturally inclusive primary health and preventative services
• remain healthy and free of preventable disease

• Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes NP agreement
• National Healthcare Agreement
• National Disability Agreement
• Hospital and Health Workforce Reform NP agreement
• Preventative Health NP agreement

• Anangu children’s living environments are healthy
• Anangu families live in appropriate housing with access to all basic utilities
• Anangu have improved housing amenities and reduced overcrowding, particularly in remote areas and discrete communities
• Anangu people have the same housing opportunities as other people

• Remote Indigenous Housing NP agreement
• National Affordable Housing Agreement
• Homelessness NP agreement
• Social Housing NP agreement
• Social Housing

• Alcohol and substance abuse among Anangu people is addressed
• Anangu children and parents are afforded basic protective security from violence and neglect

• National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children
• National Indigenous Law and Justice Framework
• Time for Action: the National Council’s Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children

• The Anangu working age population has the depth and breadth of skills to enable effective educational, labour market and social participation
• Anangu people of working age participate effectively in all sectors of the labour market

• Indigenous Economic Participation NP agreement
• National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development
• Productivity Places Program NP agreement
• NP agreement on Youth Attainment and Transitions
• Remote Indigenous Public Internet Access NP agreement

• Anangu communities are empowered to participate in policy making and program implementation
• Anangu communities are represented through credible consultation/ governance mechanisms
• Governments work together effectively in remote areas

• Remote Service Delivery NP agreement

We will try and look after ourselves during pregnancy so that our babies are born healthy.

Mothers will take babies to the clinic at 6 weeks and at 6 months.

We will learn about washing, cooking, cleaning so that our babies are healthy and strong.

We will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner to our children.

1. Provide a safe and healthy environment for newborns and new mothers.

1. Continue to fund and support the Young Mothers Program, Ampe Akweke Place (supported accommodation for expecting mothers and new mothers) in Alice Springs.

2. All new mothers are provided assistance in caring for their newborns through the Home Visiting Program, from antenatal care – 2 years of age.

3. Through education and community involvement encourage Anangu women to access antenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy.

4. Culturally based antenatal care sessions are held in Amata to improve education and health, and are continued throughout the pregnancy.

5. Every child in Amata under goes targeted health screening, immunisations and growth monitoring between the ages of 0–5 years.

6. Conduct Health checks for children before commencing primary school, in particular prioritising ear/hearing health and other factors affecting early learning.

7. Further consultation between Commonwealth and State Government that consideration be given to funding an expansion of an Indigenous maternity care program, based on a current successful model, within a research and evaluation framework.

8. Continue to support nutritional program for children identified ‘at risk’ of failing to thrive while new arrangements are developed to deliver comprehensive services for children aged 0–5 years.

School gives support to Failure to Thrive Program.

DFC will continue to fund meals for children identified as Failure to Thrive until 30 June 2011.

9. That all professional bodies involved in the care of Anangu women and children ensure that their workforce undertakes cultural awareness training as a core component of their curriculum.

Our children will play and runabout and grow healthy and happy.

We will share ideas with other mothers, carers and older women.

We will play with our children and take them to playgroup.

We will watch over our children and make sure they are safe.

We will wash our baby and go to the Early Childhood Centre when it is built.

1. Provide an Early Childhood Centre in Amata.

1. Construction of the Early Childhood Centre in Amata for 0–5 years.

2. Implement the Early Childhood Education National Partnership and the National Quality Agenda for Early Childhood Education and Care National Partnership.

1. Source and recruit 4 year qualified early childhood teachers.

2. Implement the Early Years Learning Framework.

3. Implement the National Quality Agenda for Early Childhood Education and Care National Partnership.

3. Improve the coordination and the delivery of regular early childhood activities.

1. Deliver early childhood activities in Amata.

2. Implementation of the Location Supported Playgroup in Amata.

3. Deliver Playtime program as part of the BeActive Initiative.

4. Agencies agree to work in a coordinated manner for the delivery of early childhood development programs.

Aboriginal Operations Group to meet regularly. Amata Principal links with local providers.

Progress reports from Aboriginal Operations Group to SOG:EC .

5. Development of a comprehensive children’s plan (0–5) across the APY Lands that provides for future needs.

Aboriginal Operations Group to meet regularly. Amata Principal links with local providers.

Progress reports from Aboriginal Operations Group to SOG:EC

4. Acknowledge the PYEC Statement of directions for Early Years.

1. DECS to work with PYEC , the Amata Community and families in delivering current programs and future planned services.

5. To provide and maintain quality outdoor play areas for children (0–5 years).

1. To erect a safe and engaging community playground designed and suitable for children from 0–5 years of age.

2. Amata Early Learning Centre has a dedicated outdoor play area that is safe and provides areas for learning and exercise.

6. Provide a transition program for children in their final year of early childhood before beginning formal school education.

1. Early childhood education curriculum to include a transition program.

We will participate in parental groups and playgroups.

We will access the Early Childhood Centre.

We will make time to play with our kids.

We will teach our children how to look after other people and things that matter.

1. Deliver formal parenting programs to Anangu families that recognise and appreciates their language and culture.

1. Provide training and education in nutrition, budgeting and healthy living through the Home Living Skills Program.

2. Indigenous Parental Support Services are delivered to Anangu families.

2. Increase the proficiency of parents and grandparents in the use of English to enhance their skills in reading and storytelling to their children and grandchildren.

1. Encourage parents, grandparents and the Amata community to develop PaCE projects relevant to their needs and provide an environment where parents and grandparents feel welcome and encouraged to be involved.

2. Cultural and linguistic appropriate programs are developed and implemented as a tool for parents, grandparents and AEWs to better engage with children.

3. Early Intervention for children with disabilities affecting early learning.

1. Provide early childhood education workers with the knowledge and skills to identify children with disabilities affecting early learning and refer appropriately

1. Cultural awareness training is to be mandatory for all workers.

2. Implementation of the Quality Framework National Partnership requirements.

1. Provide opportunities for Anangu to undertake Certificate 3 in Childcare and Certificate 2,3& 4 in Community Services Work through TAFE.

2. Provide avenues for secondary school students to undertake Vocational Educational Training (VET ) in Early Childhood/Childcare stream or through the Indigenous Cadetship Program.

VET Courses are offered at the school site in conjunction with TAFE.

TAFE SA to discuss possible arrangements with DEEWR and DECS by end of June 2010.

3. Provide Early Childhood Scholarships for teachers.

4. Early Childhood Education and Childcare offered as a part of work experience for secondary school students.

We will walk our children to school.

Our children will learn English and Pitjantjatjara and be literate in both.

We will help the school on Cultural days.

1. Increase attendance rates at school and promote social inclusion.

1. Development of an evidence based attendance strategy.

2. Develop and maintain family trees and student information books as a resource for teachers to better engage with families.

Ongoing and in place / updated regularly.

Amata School Anangu staff and AES staff develop a suitable resource.

3. Training is provided to teachers and AEWs on bilingual processes and joint programming and planning, and second language learning practices.

4. Schools to inform parents/carers of their child’s progress and involve them in the development of individual learning plans.

5. Continued support for the breakfast program at the Amata Community School.

6. Continued support for the Youth Multi Sports Program with the recognition of linkages between school attendance and participation in the program.

7. The Amata Community School to be resourced to meet the needs of ear health problems and identified learning disabilities.

Sound Field systems and relevant training are provided.

Regular screening with 67% of students screened since 2009.

2. To build parental capacity, ability, skills and knowledge to participate in educational decision making.

1. Amata Community Council and Amata Community School to identify and develop PaCE projects to enable parents to be active members of the school community and decision making processes.

3. PYEC information and educational material to be made available to families, community, the Amata Community Council, and agencies working in Amata.

1. Minutes and actions from PYEC to be sent to the Anangu School Coordinator for discussion at Amata Community Council meetings.

2. PYEC to share plans and strategies with agencies with an intention of encouraging links to learning.

4. Adopt measures to recognise and strengthen Anangu culture in schools.

1. AEWs and community to develop Anangu based educational materials and products to be recognised as part of the school curriculum.

2. Culture days are held regularly within the school calendar.

5. Prevent and respond to child sexual abuse by implementing the recommendations from the Children on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Commission of Inquiry– Hon.E.P.Mullighan.

1. Recommendation 25: That as a matter of urgency DECS continues to assess ways and means of ensuring that all children on the Lands of compulsory school age attend school and that adequate resources are provided for that assessment.
   
   That DECS and DFC with the support of Anangu leaders in communities engage parents and carers as well as children, in activities to enable the provision of information to the communities about the value and importance of school for children including as a way of reducing the incidence of child sexual abuse.

ISSS Attendance data is regularly used to follow up student absence with families.

The “Keeping them Safe” Curriculum materials are regularly used in all classes, parent open days and Governing Council meetings; to better inform all members of the community and provide strategies for reducing the incidence of child sexual abuse.

2. Recommendation 26: That DECS assess extending the school curriculum on the Lands to include increased study of information technology and appropriate computer based courses which can be accessed by children and young persons on the Lands to develop computer skills.
   
   That consideration of the teaching of numeracy and literacy in a manner suitable to Anangu children continue to be assessed and implemented.
   
   That DECS assess whether appropriate pre-vocational training for trade, home and family management skills should be introduced into the curriculum of the schools on the Lands.
   
   That the principals and teachers at the schools on the Lands consult with Senior Anangu and consider whether traditional Anangu skills and law should be introduced into the curriculum.
   
   That adequate resources be provided to DECS for all of these purposes.

School Multi-campus initiative provides ICT support at all school sites.

Regularly monitored, reviewed, and implemented across the school sites on the APY Lands.

Male members of PYEC are considering the question. While traditional skills are considered an acceptable part of student learning – traditional law continues to be placed in the sacred/traditional sphere of life.

3. Recommendation 27: That priority be given to remedial teaching at schools on the Lands for Anangu who have missed education as children.
   
   That the benchmark testing of years 3, 5, 7 and 9 be monitored closely and that sufficient funding be provided to achieve the goal of bringing the results of children on the Lands up to the respective averages of mainstream South Australian schools.
   
   That making education more relevant to Anangu students, and recognising the importance of Anangu culture continues to be assessed.

Availability of suitable qualified tutors with accommodation to meet the student needs continues to be problematic. TAFE lecturers implement aspects of this area already.

This is a core function of the schools: on-going efforts are being made.

Ongoing: School Governing Council. School Staff Leadership and PYEC links continue to be strengthened.

4. Recommendation 29: That a program to educate members of the communities on the Lands as to what is inappropriate sexual conduct, and its consequences, and the supports which are available for victims of sexual abuse (including children) be designed and implemented.

The Anangu Education Services Support team will support DFC where appropriate.

Child Safe Environment training has occurred in Amata.

Agencies are raising awareness among clients and their families about the primacy of keeping children safe.

Child Safe Environment training has been provided.

Families SA and DECs are reviewing Child Safe Environments training for Anangu.

NPYWC has developed an initiative to create awareness – ‘Speak up: Speak Against Child Sexual Abuse’ which provides educative information about child sexual abuse and avenues for reporting abuse.

5. Recommendation 30: That more resources be focused on education measures to better advise children, their parents and carers and the community on appropriate sexual behaviours, the law and their rights.

Ongoing.

The South Australian Government is continuing to create awareness amongst children, their parents and carers and the broader community about preventing child abuse and neglect, the law and children’s rights through a range of services, including hose provided by Families SA Outreach Services, school based social workers, DECS counsellors, Youth programs, CAMHS services and the Community Safety Committees established by SAPOL.

The importance of community education regarding sexual behaviours, the law and legal rights are included as a standing item at the community safety meetings.

6. Recommendation 35: That appropriate health, mentoring and counselling services be established for teaching and other education staff resident on the Lands.
   
   That DECS arrange and resource adequate respite for teachers and other school staff resident on the Lands.
   
   That principals of the schools on the Lands consider and report to DECS as to what is needed to enhance recruitment of teaching staff and retention rates.

6. Implementation of the MCEECDYA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Action Plan 2010–2014

1. Agencies to work together to introduce and implement recommendations and actions as outlined in the final plan. (Final plan pending after formal review process).

We will help our children to learn.

We will have quiet places at home for children to read and study.

1. To implement the Bilateral Agreement between the Australian Government and the South Australian Government for the National Partnerships and Agreements for: Literacy and Numeracy, Low Socio-Economic Status School Communities and Improving Teacher Quality.

1. Implementation of the Bilateral Agreement through the Key Reform Areas and Indicative Actions agreed to by the Australian and South Australian Governments.

Funding will be applied to wherever possible.

Activity Report – 6 Monthly.

2. Applications to be made to receive funding from the additional $25m offered as part of the Closing the Gap: Expansion of intensive literacy and numeracy program for underachieving Indigenous students.

2. NAPLAN Testing to be completed by the Amata Community School.

1. Teachers and the Amata Community work together to ensure every enrolled student undertakes NAPLAN Testing.

2. Teachers and communities to use NAPLAN results to assist in setting curriculum to improve overall literacy and numeracy in Amata.

1. Implementation of the Youth Training Transitions National Partnership.

1. Youth Connections Program to be delivered in Amata to work with young people that have disengaged from school to attain Year 12 or equivalent.

2. School Business Community Partnership Brokers deliver opportunities for young people

2. Provide facilities and resources for young people for career mapping and training.

1. Application to DEEWR for funding the construction of a Training Centre under the Trade Training Centres in Schools Program.

2. Vocational Education Training (VET ) to be made available and part of the school curriculum.

Already part of the school curriculum offering.

TAFE currently providing Certificate 2 in Business and Certificate 2 in Community Service. Ongoing.

3. Direct access to DES services for school leavers to enable successful transition from school to work.

3. Provide avenues for further education and accelerated learning.

1. Utilising the Indigenous Youth Mobility Program (IYMP) to support young people aged 16–24 years to relocate to, or make the transition to an IYMP location to undertake post-secondary education or training.

2. Promote the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program.

3. Continued implementation of the Aboriginal Education and Employment Strategy (2005–2010).

1. Develop partnerships for protocols in obtaining better health service delivery.

1. Promote existing health services throughout the community.

2. Improve systems such as leadership development, development of best practice guidelines for Aboriginal health interventions and improving use of new information technologies to disseminate best practice and enhance information sharing

Best practice on accreditation guidelines already developed and distributed.

DoHA to provide funds to Nganampa Health Council to improve and upgrade information technology for improved networking, both within and between services and better access to the internet; more reliable systems and better equipment until 2013.

3. Increase inter-sectoral collaboration such as sustainable consultative mechanisms, participatory structures, working groups, data collection and sharing strategic alliances to enable effective partnerships with key health sectors, organisations and community.

DoHA attends and participates in SA Aboriginal Health Partnership meetings.

SA Health and DoHA to investigate support for Anangu Remote Health Alliance or equivalent community engagement mechanism.

2. Develop a cross agency/cross border and community response that recognises the need for people to receive dialysis as close as possible to their community.

1. Develop and implement a plan for managing dialysis patients.

Central Australian Renal study is due to be completed end of 2010.

Consider the recommendations that will emanate from the May 2010 joint study (commissioned by the Federal Minister Health, Rural and Regional Health Services Delivery) into the delivery of treatment for kidney disease among Indigenous people who live in remote communities in Central Australia.

Through the Tri-State Agreement (South Australian, Northern Territory and Western Australian Governments) apply the recommendations for the short and long term management of renal patients (including patient and family movements, increasing services and considering the merits of co-locating renal services with health clinics).

3. Implement a framework to better address mental health and substance abuse within the community.

1. Develop a mental health plan that will set out strategies to assist those with mental health issues and better coordinate psychiatric services to the community.

Country Health has completed a model of care for Mental Health Services that will be developed for the community.

Discussion need to occur with service providers.

2. Establish a cross agency working group to case manage identified clients with mental health issues who require assistance and support.

3. Increase psychiatric and mental health nurse visits for the community.

4. NGO partnership developed to provide psycho-social rehabilitation support services to APY lands consumers.

Installation of audio-visual conferencing infrastructure to give access for tele-psychiatry services.

Implementation of MH Act – training and education.

5. Develop treatment and responses for the increase use of marijuana.

6. Provide further resources to ensure that counselling services for traumatic events (i.e. youth suicide) are well coordinated and implemented.

4. Prevent and respond to child sexual abuse by implementing the agreed recommendations from the Children on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Commission of Inquiry– Hon.E.P.Mullighan

1. Recommendation 17: Alter the protocols of the Amata Substance Misuse Centre to allow children access to the drug and rehabilitation program and that the Centre be adequately funded in the long-term so as to allow appropriate services for children who require rehabilitation.

5. Development of a chronic disease management plan.

1. Information about chronic disease management and individuals responsibilities to be made available to the Amata community.

2. Agencies involved in chronic disease management regularly meet to improve coordination of services being improved.

6. Provide adequate aged and palliative care.

1. Consider the availability of community aged care packages, home and community care programs and respite care allocations.

7. Dental services are available on a regular basis in Amata.

1. Consider developing a program where community members are able to access an annual dental check up.

2. Consider developing a program for follow up services, minor dental procedures and referrals are made for major dental procedures.

1. Prevent and respond to child sexual abuse by implementing the recommendations from the Children on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Commission of Inquiry– Hon.E.P.Mullighan.

1. Recommendation 15: Nganampa Health receives increased funding so that the number of general medical practitioners based on the Lands can meet the professionally accepted ratio of doctors to patients*.
   
   That the increased funding to Nganampa enables medical practitioners and nurses to receive salary and financial incentives sufficient to recruit such staff and retain them in service on the Lands.

Nganampa Health Council funded for an additional GP by August 2010.

Funding of this recommendation does not include endorsement of the ratio of doctors to patients referred to.

2. Provide appropriate resources to the health sector

1. Increase visits from medical specialists and services.

Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance program implementation plan due 15/6/2010.

6 monthly reports on occasions of services for General Practice after hours.

2. Provide additional resources and recognise the importance of traditional medicine approaches.

3. Build IT capacity of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.

3. Improve the coordination and flexibility in supplying health services to the community.

1. Investigate the feasibility in operating a mobile health service to provide health and medical services (including dialysis) to surrounding homeland communities.

DoHA provides funding for existing service model, Emergency medical support available through the Flying Doctor service.

Consider the recommendations that will emanate from the May 2010 joint study (commissioned by the Federal Minister Health, Rural and Regional Health Services Delivery) into the delivery of treatment for kidney disease among Indigenous people who live in remote communities in Central Australia

2. Reconsider current aged care services and programs in the community and develop more productive ways to engage with the Tjilpiku Pampaku Ngura Centre in Pukatja.

3. Improve access to health services outside of Amata, arranging transport to specialist services.

4. Consider case management plans and approaches for patients moving between local and regional services.

We will regularly wash clothing and blankets.

We will clean our houses and yards and put rubbish out the front for collection.

We will keep our dogs healthy and keep their numbers down.

1. Address environmental health problems in the community; in particular manage waste in a sustainable way for the benefit of current and future generations.

1. Ensure that the Amata landfill site is licensed in accordance with regulations as set out in the Environmental Protection Act and that a Landfill Environment Management Plan is developed. (apc environmental management report interim recommendations.)

Regional waste management strategies have been developed. Implementation of the strategies requires funding. AARD is currently discussing this issue with State and Australian Government agencies.

APC consultants (through Zero Waste SA) are completing a Regional Waste Management Implementation Strategy and Implementation Plan for APY Lands. This report will be completed at the end of June 2010 with actions addressed in the following months in consultation with relevant agencies.

2. Ban burning landfill sites and construct new landfill cells. Ensure that the landfill is fenced appropriately and source separations are provided. (APC Environmental Management Report interim recommendations.)

DPC-AARD

EPA

3. Identify, in consultation with the Amata Community Council appropriate locations for new landfill management areas.

2. Encourage residents to be more responsible and aware of waste management principles.

1. Improve the management of waste within the community by supplying each house at least two mobile garbage bins for waste collection. (APC Environmental Management Report interim recommendations.)

Current program through FaHCSIA – service provider Regional Anangu Services (RAS).

Trial currently being undertaken to improve waste management. These trials include disposal of car bodies, containers, car stripping and recycling waste material.

The success of the trials undertaken in other communities is to be recorded in the final Regional Waste Management Strategy and Implementation Plan and will be actioned by the current contractor (RAS).

2. Develop a monthly ‘big rubbish’ collection scheme each month with adequate publicity and promotion. (APC Environmental Management Report interim recommendations.)

3. Ensure that all premises in the community including households, school, clinic, store, art centre and family centre be included in the regular scheduled rubbish collection. (APC Environmental Management Report interim recommendations)

Through FaHCSIA contract with Regional Anangu Services waste is collected from households.

The waste management trial is also considering ‘big rubbish’ collection.

4. Develop a community waste management plan that identifies waste collection procedures, training needs for waste collection, landfill management and resource recovery and recycling initiatives. (apc environmental management report interim recommendations)

5. Provide bin stands to all bins in public areas and schools to reduce the likelihood of the bins being knocked over and thus distributing rubbish throughout the community.

6. Explore the feasibility in developing a removal of old, abandoned and disused cars program in conjunction with scrap and metal agents in Alice Springs.

7. Encourage residents to clean up yards and remove oversize materials to the landfill on a regular basis.

8. Implement a resource recovery and separation program through the introduction of a deposit scheme to control beverage container litter problem.

9. Develop an education strategy to inform school students in the importance in recycling.

10. Implement a community awareness and education program with the community to coordinate regular community clean-up days to pick up litter and rubbish in public areas.

3. Ensure that other environmental health issues are adequately addressed in the community.

1. Employ an Environmental Health and Waste Management Officer to work with the community to address issues and develop a framework for managing environmental health issues and concerns.

2. Develop a comprehensive Community Environmental Management Health Plan.

3. Initiate an animal management and pest control strategy to address health and environmental issues associated with the overpopulation of dogs, feral horses, camels, donkeys and vermin.

4. Improve landscaping throughout public areas and implement regular dust control measures.

5. Explore water system deficiencies including the salty taste of water, bore casing issues, volume and pressure to meet peak demands and the overuse of water by the community.

6. Review the water quality including microbiological and chemical analysis quarterly an annually.

7. Undertake a proactive maintenance plan for the reticulation of sewage.

8. Ensure that washing machines are incorporated in the new homes that are being built as per the Remote Housing NP.

9. Provide further support to the South Australian National Football League’s multi-sport initiative to encourage community members to be active and involved in sport.

10. Develop and implement preventative health campaigns and education on smoking, diabetes, substance abuse, nutrition and healthy living, healthy lifestyles and maintaining a healthy home.

DoHA report on allocations of Indigenous Chronic Disease Resources by December 2010.

DoHA to continue to fund a nutritionist on APY Lands.

Discussion with Nganampa Health Council to occur.

11. Encourage community members to undertake instruction in a First Aid certificate.

12. Provide regular opportunities for the community to undertake health checks.

13. Provide fitness programs geared around the swimming pool; including aqua aerobics and swimming to improve fitness.

14. Installation of a disability hoist at the Amata Community Centre

4. Prevent and respond to child sexual abuse by implementing the recommendations from the Children on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Commission of Inquiry– Hon.E.P.Mullighan.

1. Recommendation 24: Policies and guidelines are developed that address mandatory reporting of any activity that may indicate sexual activity of children, including STIs, requests for contraception, injuries as well as underage pregnancy.

Biannual report to South Australian Government Cabinet – Mullighan Taskforce.

Annual report to South Australian Parliament – Mullighan Taskforce.

5. Provide and encourage healthy eating alternatives for the community.

1. Improve access to a healthy food supply and establish and improve standards for the purchase of food in the store as per the Remote Indigenous Stores and Takeaways Project and Mai Wiru Regional Stores policy.

2. Amata Community Store to adhere to the Mai Wiru Regional Stores policy, including the promotion of healthy eating and food preparation in the home, grocery management and the adoption of the Food Card.

1. Agencies to work collaboratively with the community to improve living environments.

1. Amata Community members that receive refurbished and new houses to undertake the Home Living Skills Program.

2. The Home Living Skills Program to develop and implement programs aided at maintaining a healthy home.

3. Regular and scheduled collection and removal of household waste.

4. Development of an educational program for children around healthy home practices.

1. Implementation of the Remote Indigenous Housing National Partnership.

1. Build 30 new houses over 3 years to 2011–2012

2. Refurbish 40 existing houses over 3 years to 2011–2012.

2. Improve regulatory framework for utilities being provided.

1. Apply the regulatory framework for basic utilities of water, sewage, electricity and telephone including formal methods of cost recovery.

3. Plan for future housing and utility needs of the community.

1. Develop a Land Use Plan in conjunction with APY Executive and Traditional Owners that recognises and identifies the future land use and housing and infrastructure requirements for the APY Lands.

4. Reduce overcrowding in communities by the development of a management plan and utilisation of portable facilities for visitor camps.

1. Portable resources and facilities, including cooking, showers and toilets to be made available to communities when need arises.

We will work with Governments to plan and build the best new housing for Amata.

We will follow and apply Amata’s housing allocation policy.

1. Develop and implement new tenancy agreements.

1. All tenants for new and upgraded properties will be required to enter into tenancy agreements based on a standard Housing SA agreement.

2. A Housing Officer is employed to assist all communities in property tenancy and management on the APY Lands. This position will provide a direct link between the community and the agencies.

2. Introduce rent collection arrangements.

1. Establish a rental system set and based on household income.

3. Implement an equitable housing allocation process and ensure that housing is well maintained.

1. Allocate new properties according to agreed allocation policy and appropriate community consultation.

2. Establish recurrent maintenance services and standards (including response timeframe standards), which will incorporate:
   - Occupational Health & Safety Issues
   - ‘9 Healthy Living Practices’ guidelines
   - National Indigenous Housing Guide 3rd Edition

3. Develop, implement and monitor a property maintenance schedule and reporting process for work required.

4. Implement post occupancy inspections for new builds and prevacancy inspections to identify maintenance issues.

5. Establish maintenance complaint process. Tenants to report maintenance requests in a timely manner.

4. Provide tenancy support services.

1. Living Skills training will be provided through the Homes Living Skills Program which aims to assist families to create a safe and healthy home environment by providing skills in house cleaning, reporting maintenance, personal hygiene and access to budgeting and money management.

We will work with the Governments and the school and TAFE to educate family members, men and women about Alcohol and substance abuse.

There will be no alcohol, no ganja and no petrol sniffing at Amata.

We will be held accountable for alcohol and substance abuse.

1. That a range of treatment and rehabilitation programs for those experiencing problems caused by substance misuse are available.

1. Outreach services continue to assess, treat and rehabilitate people who misuse petrol, alcohol, cannabis and other substances.

2. Encourage the residents of Amata to access prevention, diversion and treatment programs to address substance abuse matters.

3. That the protocols of the Amata Substance Misuse Centre be altered to allow children access to the drug and rehabilitation program.

4. Undertake a scoping study to explore other opportunities and uses of the Amata Substance Misuse Centre.

2. Prevent and respond to child sexual abuse by implementing the recommendations from the Children on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Commission of Inquiry– Hon.E.P.Mullighan.

1. Recommendation 17: That the Amata Substance Misuse Centre be adequately funded in the longterm so as to allow appropriate services for children who require rehabilitation.

3. Support initiatives and programs that decrease the impacts of alcohol and substance abuse in the community.

1. Implement the recommendations relevant to alcohol related violence as articulated by the Indigenous Community Safety National Roundtable 2009.

2. Develop partnership arrangements with the Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk (SAID) to help coordinate covert and overt operations in Amata to disrupt drug supplies and increase apprehensions in the community.

3. Develop a comprehensive strategy to increase the apprehension of the growing use of marijuana in the community.

SAPOL has increased the number of police officers in the Amata community to four full time positions since 20/2/10. These officers will be supported by Community Constables and other police resources on a needs basis to detect the use of marijuana in the community.

A detection strategy to detect drug and alcohol has been operating under the Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk (SAID) since 2009. Prior to that it was conducted under Operation Midrealm.

The SAID desk has been funded for another 12 months and will provide valuable intelligence and liaison in relation to this matter for the next 12 months.

Specific operations with specialist resources will continue to identify drug growers and supplies to the APY Lands in general and the Amata Community. These operations will be ongoing.

Legislation introduced in 2009 now provides SAPOL with the ability to authorise an area as a drug transit route. This enables the Officer in Charge of the Local Service Area to declare an area under the Controlled Substances Act, which enables police to stop vehicles.

This strategy will be considered to address the problems of cannabis use in Amata.

No completion date as this is an ongoing action.

4. Develop a collaborative approach with a range of agencies in developing a suite of programs to address emerging substance abuse problems.

5. Encourage agencies and community members to report outbreaks of petrol sniffing and other solvent abuse to the Central Australian Petrol Sniffing Strategy Unit (CAPSSU).

6. Ensure that the APY Land Rights Act bylaw that articulates that alcohol is banned from the community is enforced by agencies and the community.

A strategy to detect alcohol and drugs has been operating under the Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk (SAID) since 2009. This strategy will continue to provide intelligence on alcohol and drug suppliers. Federal funding has been provided for a further 12 months. This will lead to greater sharing of intelligence between the community and local police.

A licensing accord has been established for licenses premises on the Stuart Highway.

All licensed premises have signed the accord and now keep a register of bulk alcohol purchases, and have undertaken to advise police if they think that the alcohol is bound for the APY Lands.

A review of enforcement strategies, particularly at Coober Pedy, has occurred and referred to Licensing Enforcement Branch. They have been asked to consider existing and other strategies to prevent alcohol entering the Lands.

No completion date as this matter is ongoing.

4. Develop a comprehensive emergency management plan that involves consultation with the community and emergency service agencies.

1. Investigate funding opportunities to implement an emergency management procedure as per the National Emergency Management Strategy for Remote Indigenous Communities.

2. In consultation with the community and relevant agencies develop an emergency management plan and an associated communication strategy to educate the community about the plan.

3. Develop a trained SES and CFS Emergency Unit in the community

Plan to commence discussing the action and engaging with the community and relevant agencies in August 2010.

Meetings with SES and CFS planned to occur in July 2010.

4. Undertake an audit and asset register of emergency service equipment.

5. Educate the community about fire safety and develop a communication campaign concerning fire prevention and safety hazards.

6. Enforce fire break lines and controlled burning around community boundaries.

7. Ensure that fire mitigation and equipment is suffice; including reviewing water pressure for fire fighting purposes, the condition of fire hose reels and safety latch systems on all windows and door frames.

8. Develop and implement an emergency management education curriculum for the school that incorporates bushfire, smoke alarm and flood safe programs.

Plan to commence community engagement process with the community and relevant agencies in August 2010.

Develop curriculum in late 2010 with roll-out to occur in 2011.

9. Implement a flood and evacuation mitigation program for the community.

10. Review lifeguard qualifications for those associated with the community swimming pool.

11. Develop protocols for the community when contacting emergency services; in particular police and ambulance services.

12. Investigate the feasibility in adopting the government radio network made available to emergency services and other relevant government agencies on the APY Lands.

13. Purchase an Exportable PA Unit to be used by the PYKu Centre and Community Safety Officer.

5. Improve road safety measures and conditions of the access roads to Amata including all weather access to the airstrip.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between DPC, AARD and DTEI is in place. The MoU stipulates for regular audits to be undertaken.

Road conditions are regularly monitored and construction of maintenance work is undertaken by DTEI .

2. Ensure that the roads are adequately maintained to ensure that emergency vehicle access is not impinged.

Road conditions are regularly monitored and construction of maintenance work is undertaken by DTEI.

DTEI works under the MoU for DPCAARD to manage the ‘main’ road network, some 2000km.

DTEI has established a road maintenance contract on behalf of DPC-AARD (the Principle) to maintain the road network over three years.

DTEI is aware of the issues regarding emergency access and the needs to ensure the road from community to airstrips are maintained to a higher standard.

3. Seek community advice around the cultural sensitivities associated for the potential to recruit community volunteers in the development of a road accident crash rescue unit.

4. Explore funding streams to improve road safety such as the ‘Roads to Recovery’ and ‘Black Spot’ programs.

AARD is actively seeking opportunities for additional funding to improve roads.

DTEI has assisted in seeking Black Spot funding to undertake road safety initiatives.

5. Erect road signage and traffic calming devices (speed humps etc) in identified built up areas within the community. Source appropriate funding in order for these measures to be implemented.

DTEI works under the MoU for DPC-AARD.

DTEI has installed traffic control devices within communities and on the main road.

DTEI has assisted the APY Executive seek Australian Government Roads to Recovery funding.

6. Erect bollards around community facilities to control access, parking and improve pedestrian safety.

7. Establish an education campaign and implement regular police road safety blitzes concerning vehicle safety, including, but not limited to unregistered cars, unlicensed drivers, poor child restraints, seat belts and vehicle maintenance.

Road safety is everyone’s responsibility.

SAPOL will continue to target poor or dangerous driving, and road related legislation breaches. Operation Macadam, which commenced in 2009, is a police road traffic policing strategy aimed at improving the wellbeing of inhabitants by reducing road crashes. Six main risks were identified as contributing factors to road trauma. They include: non compliance with seat belt legislation, alcohol and drugs, driver fatigue, road conditions and speed. As a result, SAPOL is working with DETI, Services SA, TAFE SA, Red Cross, Indigenous Fines Enforcement Section of the Courts Department and communities to improve driving behaviour. Through community consultation it was found that the best way to ensure good driving behaviour was through positive enforcement and education.

No completion date as this is an ongoing action.

8. Continue to support driving school education programs, safe driving initiatives and driver licence schemes.

TAFE SA provides a range of programs to communities across the APY Lands including driver education to schools and the broader Aboriginal community.

These programs are demand driven and provided (depending on resources, human and financial and availability of appropriate vehicles) to Anangu on an ongoing basis.

The volume of driver education delivered is routinely reported by TAFE SA to the wider department according to existing program reporting arrangements.

We will have the same rules as everybody which everyone will stick to and be good role models for our children.

We will spend our money on our children and not on gambling.

We will work together with police and encourage community members to sit down and have a talk with police.

We will participate and support the Police SA safe communities program.

1. Develop community based crime prevention and community safety initiatives that make the community feel safer and empower Anangu to participate in the solutions.

1. Continue to support the development and implementation of identified strategies by the Amata Community Safety Committee.

2. Police to work with the community in developing a stronger rapport and visual presence to encourage the reporting of crime.

SAPOL has taken possession of three new police stations on the APY Lands. These include Mimili (18/12/09), Amata (20/2/10) and Ernabella (30/3/10).

SAPOL has stationed four officers in Amata, a Sergeant and three Constable/Senior Constables.

There are a total of 19 sworn officers on the APY Lands including a Detective and 2 Child and Family Violence/Crime Prevention officers Police on the APY Lands are supported by 6 officers and an ASO stationed at Marla.

This will lead to a stronger rapport, visual presence and increased crime reporting.

3. Police to appoint Community Constables and dedicated Community Liaison Officers to work with the community to address community safety issues deriving from the Community Safety Committee.

There are 10 Community Constable positions on the APY lands, a number are currently vacant.

Key Milestone Interviews are scheduled for July 2010 with applications and registrations of interest exceeding vacancies.

4. Develop a range of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) initiatives to help prevent crime in the community. This may include the increase use of security lights in homes and public facilities and the redesign of public space areas to increase community safety and prevent crime.

Crime prevention through environment design is a specialist role conducted by the State Crime Prevention Branch. The first step in the process is to have SC PB members trained in CPTED to attend the community and scope the issues, conduct an audit before developing the strategies.

Key Milestone
This is expected to be conducted in September/October due to other scheduled matters.

5. Provide CPTED training to community members so they are empowered to undertake community safety site assessments

State Crime Prevention Branch is responsible for CPTED training and conducting audits within SAPOL. The training can be provided after the initial scoping is conducted as outlined in Action 4.

6. Conduct a street light audit and ensure that a regular routine street light maintenance program occurs to increase and maintain a sense of community safety.

Contractors provide a regular audit and maintenance program for street lighting and report on a weekly basis to AARD.

Lighting audits occur weekly and include community input to identify lighting needs.

7. Improve telecommunication services, in particular mobile phone coverage and the installation of a public phone in the community to increase opportunities for the community to seek emergency assistance or report crime.

8. Encourage agencies and community groups to apply for community safety based grants. In particular the State Attorney- General’s Crime Prevention Grants Programs and the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Indigenous Justice and Proceeds of Crime Act funds.

Launch and promotion of 2011 program, second half of 2010.

Funding released to successful applicants, first quarter of 2011.

9. Develop appropriate resources and implement programs to support and empower victims of crime.

Program commenced in March 2009.

Formal launch of programs anticipated in August/September 2010.

Ongoing – no completion date as police will distribute victims’ rights information whenever an Aboriginal victim reports an offence.

10. Finalise and implement the recommendations from the APY Lands Youth Engagement– Intervention Methodology.

11. Develop a well coordinated after school activities program for young people (especially girls) to enrich their learning experiences.

12. Develop and deliver a well coordinated school holiday activities program to keep youth occupied in non-school time.

NPYWC reports quarterly on School Holiday Program.

NPYWC contracted to deliver school holiday program 2010/11.

13. Development of a plan to establish a youth activity area.

14. Recruit Youth Worker to coordinate youth shed activities.

15. Develop and implement ‘Blue Light’ programs and activities for youth, especially during weekends and school holiday periods – Blue Light Disco Unit being purchased.

Blue Light equipment is currently held at Amata and Ernabella. This equipment is provided and used in all APY communities on a needs basis.

The transportation on the poor roads, the dust and the heat regularly damages the equipment.

Purchase of two sound and light systems plus one PA system (for use of the Public Safety Officer). One system will be for use within the Mimili Aboriginal Community and the other at Amata Aboriginal Community. The purchase of these systems will greatly enhance the ability for Blue Light events to be held on the APY Lands. Blue Light SA will own the equipment and oversee the care and maintenance of the equipment.

No completion date. This matter is ongoing.

Key Milestone
The aim is to provide at least one Blue Light disco per month within the community commencing in June.

16. Develop and implement a whole of government APY Lands Youth Strategy that articulates service provision requirements, coordinated approaches and identifies lead agency responsibility for the delivery of youth services.

17. Implement the Crime Prevention in Schools curriculum as a resource to educate young people about crime, its consequences and prevention.

State Crime Prevention Branch is responsible for the Crime Prevention Education curriculum document. APY Lands police should participate in the delivery of these programs.

Key Milestone
Training to commence within schools by July 2010.

18. Ensure that security lighting is installed on houses.

New houses have external lights fitted as part of the new build program. Progress is in line with 3 year capital works plan.

Progress report monthly to RIH NP Joint Steering Committee.

2. Prevent and respond to child sexual abuse by implementing the recommendations from the Children on Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Commission of Inquiry– Hon.E.P.Mullighan.

1. Recommendation 3: The programs of Families SA to prevent child sexual abuse on the Lands continue to receive sufficient funding and, where possible, those programs be expanded.

2. Recommendation 4: Child protection staff be placed on the Lands to receive, access and respond promptly to mandatory reports concerning Anangu children.

3. Recommendation 5: Amata school has a dedicated social worker involved in early prevention strategies/training to help prevent child sexual abuse and to minimise its effects in the community.

Recruitment and housing worker is underway.

Social Worker employed and currently providing service to Amata

4. Recommendation 7: That necessary funding is provided to the required therapeutic services to children and young people in Amata who have been sexually abused.

5. Recommendation 12: Relationships with elder men in the communities are developed to exercise their cultural authority in condemning the sexual abuse of children in Amata.

6. Recommendation 20: Nganampa develop guidelines and procedures to ensure that all indicators of child sexual abuse are reported and that their health workers receive regular training regarding their mandatory obligations.

7. Recommendation 28: Regular meetings of all staff of Nganampa, DFC, DECS and SA Police working on the Lands receive continuing education about child care and protection.

8. Develop and implement a program to educate members of the Amata community as to what are inappropriate sexual conduct, and its consequences, and the supports which are available for victims of sexual abuse be designed and implemented.

Agencies are raising awareness among clients and their families about the primacy of keeping children safe.

Child Safe Environment training has been provided.

Families SA and DECs are reviewing Child Safe Environments training for Anangu.

NPYWC has developed an initiative to create awareness – ‘Speak up: Speak Against Child Sexual Abuse’ which provides educative information about child sexual abuse and avenues for reporting abuse.

9. Recommendation 30: Resources are focused on education measures to better advise children, their parents and carers and the community on appropriate sexual behaviours, the law and their rights.

The South Australian Government is continuing to create awareness amongst children, their parents and carers and the broader community about preventing child abuse and neglect, the law and childrens rights through a range of services, including hose provided by Families SA Outreach Services, school based social workers, DECS counsellors, Youth programs, CAMHS services and the Community Safety Committees established by SAPOL.

The importance of community education regarding sexual behaviours, the law and legal rights are included as a standing item at the community safety meetings.

10. Recommendation 32: Organise meetings with men and boys in Amata with male Anangu elders and men from relevant agencies regarding sexual conduct of men involving children and the consequences of such conduct.

11. Develop a community education campaign on the dangers of exposing children to pornography and identify strategies to restrict access to such material, by children in particular.

This recommendation is being addressed as part of the Mullighan Inquiry. SAPOL has developed a number of strategies that include Operation Flint, designed to locate pornographic material on the APY Lands.

Advising all government departments to ensure that there are appropriate filters on their computer systems to stop pornographic material being downloaded.

Key Milestone
Confirmation from government departments that filters have been fitted. Due date end of August 2010.

12. Recommendation 36: Implement a community assisted and police supported night patrol that will have people with cultural authority, sworn police and community professionals assist in the training of people to participate in the patrols as appropriate.

Night Patrols were established on the APY Lands, as a community based initiative.

In October 2004, the Aboriginal (formerly APY) Lands Task Force approved a funding application made by SAPOL, on behalf of the APY communities, for an amount of $163,000, to top up Commonwealth funding provided for Night Patrols.

This funding allowed continuation of the program in Indulkana and Ernabella and the establishment of a new program in Amata.

The patrols were staffed by community members who received initial training from SAPOL.

Community members were paid for their time and a vehicle was supplied to the community.

SAPOL took the initial role of lead agency to establish the program; however it was handed back to individual community councils through the APY Council.

Unfortunately the programs were not maintained by the communities, interest waned and vehicles supplied were misused and not maintained Night patrols were considered a failure at the time.

SAPOL’s position is that night patrols should be owned and driven by the community.

SAPOL is not in a position to fund this initiative from within existing finances.

There needs to be further discussion in relation the funding, training, roles and responsibilities, prior to considering night patrols further.

Key Milestone
A strategic meeting to discuss the issues outlined above to be arranged by end of August 2010.

3. Provide programs and services that respond to violence and sexual assault in the community.

1. Consider the recommendations (in particular those focused around the concept of a safe house) from NPY Women’s Council feasibility study (Oct 2009) entitled Proposed Preferred Models for Safe Accommodation Services for Women and Children from the APY Lands.

DFC has committed additional funding to:

• increase the level of support services for women and children on the APY Lands experiencing family violence;
• improve access to transport for women and children having to leave the Lands because of family violence;
• improve the services available at the Coober Pedy Safe House to meet the needs of women and children from the Lands escaping family violence.

These services will be operational by 1st December 2010. Direct allocations of funding for these services will begin from 20th July 2010. Between July and December work will be done with the agencies to prepare them to deliver the services by the deadline of 1st December.

2. Provide and facilitate community education with community, police, justice, health and other relevant agencies and workers.

3. Develop operational guidelines with relevant organisations and services to improve responses to domestic violence and sexual assault for women and children.

4. Ensure that assistance and advocacy for individual victims of domestic violence and sexual assault that priorities their safety within a case management framework is supplied.

5. Ensure that perpetrator programs that address family violence, anger management and substance misuse are resourced appropriately and delivered in a culturally and linguistically appropriate way are delivered when required.

6. Develop a ‘Worker Safety’ program that is led by the community for agencies and departments who employ people in Amata.

7. Develop responses to help mitigate ‘burn out’ amongst program staff through regularly dealing with stress inducing occurrences of violence in the community.

8. Implement compulsory mandatory reporting training (agencies have responsibility under the legislation to ensure their staff have received child safe training) for people who work with children in the community.

9. Provide child safe environment training for agencies and staff.

10. Develop and implement a youth suicide prevention strategy across the APY Lands.

11. Implement programs including mediation and conflict resolution, counselling, group therapy and social and emotional well-being programs as measures to help address and cope with violence.

12. Implement proactive programs including education methods targeting all age groups about violence, communal promotion of definitions of acceptable and non-acceptable behaviours and the training of local violence counsellors to counter any prospects of violence.

13. Encourage the community to take a lead in developing culturally appropriate child protection services and initiatives.

14. Implement the recommendations relevant to family violence as articulated by the Indigenous Community Safety National Roundtable 2009.

15. Monitor the impact of the demand upon services and programs following the implementation of the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009.

In 2009 the Attorney‑General’s Department (AGD) in consultation with other government agencies, including SAPOL, drafted the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 (the Act). The Act was assented on 10 December 2009, and while a date for proclamation has yet to be declared, it is anticipated the legislation will commence November 2010.

SAPOL is currently preparing for the implementation of the new legislation state wide.

Key Milestones
SAPOL and CAA are working through the issues. They are travelling to the APY lands on the court circuit for 8, 9 & 10 June to examine current practices and discuss how this legislation, particularly the Police Interim Intervention Order (PIIO ) could be utilised.

A working party has been formed to specifically examine this process upon their return.

We want young people to have choices about their future.

We want young people to know what jobs are and how important they are.

We will show people how to do jobs. We will encourage people to work and help them be ready for work.

1. Support existing and new approaches to provide the community with the relevant skills to participate effectively in the employment/training sphere.

1. Provide IT and internet training for community members of a working age.

1. Implementation plan for public internet access submitted for DBCDE approval by August 2010. Program on-going to June 2013.
2. Provision of free public access to computers and the internet.
3. Development of targeted digital program for Aboriginal people as part of public internet access program by June 2011.
4. Access to Outback Connect online community training program – ongoing.

2. Develop and implement training programs for community members on interacting with financial institutions.

3. Develop and implement community business training programs to raise overall awareness and build a sense of pride in local businesses.

4. Develop and implement financial literacy programs for secondary based school students and those people of a working age.

5. Conduct regular culturally appropriate ‘Basic Introduction to Business’ courses in Amata in response to requests by community members.

6. Conduct business start up workshops according to community needs.

7. Continue to deliver culturally appropriate work readiness programs.

8. Invest in programs that improve the education and training pathways for community members.

9. Implement a community based promotional campaign to create a positive image of what work is and the benefits of work (to promote individual achievement).

10. Ensure that Anangu of working age with literacy and numeracy barriers have the opportunity to access targeted services.

2. Encourage agencies to work together in identifying training and employment opportunities.

1. Undertake a process to engage with community to scope possible employment and training opportunities. These may include employment and training opportunities in hairdressing, mechanics, tourism, consulting, cultural heritage and child care.

Engage an Economic Development Officer to service the APY Lands by March 2011.

Activity Report – 6 Monthly.

2. Coordinate and support a locally based forum with those agencies and services involved in employment and training that meets regularly to exchange information on economic participation matters.

3. Ensure that existing employment and training activities are supported and that opportunities are maximised to create further sustainable employment/ training prospects.

4. Offer better targeted and personalised assistance and services to job seeker requirements.

5. Ensure that the promotion of the Aboriginal workforce participation in construction and refurbishment in Amata is maximised and upheld as per the Remote Indigenous Housing NP.

DFEEST provides support in the development of the training and employment strategy.

Creation of workforce participation opportunities is ongoing in line with capital works.

Commenced July 2009 and scheduled for completion in June 2012.

Progress report monthly to RIH NP Joint Steering Committee.

20% employment in capital works is the target.

6. Lever business opportunities resulting from the numerous National Partnerships and the installation of broadband.

7. Engage a construction based trainer/lecturer to work with identified agencies, service providers and community to help local building and small scale infrastructure programs.

8. Provide tourism accreditation business mentoring, product development and marketing support for tourism operators and potential tourism businesses.

9. Support culture based enterprises such as the Tjala Arts Centre, individual artists, musicians, tourism and natural resource management.

10. Support interested Anangu in developing and delivering a cultural awareness training program specifically targeting people working with Anangu and/ or travelling to the APY Lands as a business venture.

11. Develop strategies with agencies affiliated with the community service sector (eg. health, education, police) to encourage, support and increase Anangu employment and traineeship placements in this area.

DEEWR to convene a forum with relevant agencies.

First meeting to take place by 30 September 2010.

Activity Report – 6 Monthly.

12. Continue to deliver personalised assistance and services to job seeker requirements.

13. Investigate opportunities for the uptake of apprentices and trainees.

Activity Report – 6 Monthly.

Meeting with DFEEST to discuss reporting framework and process by 31 August 2010.

DFEEST can provide (with appropriate resourcing) support to apprentices and trainees when there opportunities are created.

14. Undertake an audit of jobs and skills in the housing and construction industry to help identify opportunities in the community.

15. Continue to deliver appropriate training and work readiness programs for Anangu workers as identified in their Employment Pathway Plan.

1. Encourage Anangu to engage and facilitate discussion with the corporate and private sector to ascertain possible employment/ training and professional development opportunities.

1. Develop and implement a mentoring program that promotes Indigenous role models who are actively engaged in employment and business ownership.

2. Promote the concepts of partnership and joint ventures with the private and corporate sectors.

3. Promote mining opportunities in response to the desire of the Traditional Owners.

4. Increase the availability of internet connections throughout the community and encourage people to access the internet to access further training, employment and support in the private/corporate sector.

5. Provide opportunities for the private/corporate sector to have individuals work with the Anangu community to provide business/ enterprise ideas and provide a unique professional development opportunity for the individual.

6. Engage the ‘Thinkers in Residence’ initiative to work with the Amata community to explore economic participation challenges and opportunities.

7. Explore opportunities for existing business enterprises in the community to participate in the Enterprise Connect Business Review process to identify strengths and opportunities and potential areas for growth and improvement.

Milestone 1.
Agreement by community (Amata/) that action is wanted and supported by community (to be co-ordinated by SA Govt.

Milestone 2
DIISR to receive advice from Amata (Via SA Govt) as to when Enteprise Connect Business Adviser should travel to Community (for a coordinated approach to officers from different departments/governments travelling to these communities).

Milestone 3
Enterprise Connect – Remote Enterprise Centre Business Adviser works with Community Council to identify possible business reviews for existing organisations within the community.

Milestone 4
Business Reviews conducted and completed with recommendations for improvement/innovation.

8. Engage a Business Advisor from the Remote Enterprise Centre to visit the community to provide advice and share personal experiences and insights as a small business operator.

Milestone 1
Agreement by community (Amata) that action is wanted and supported by community (to be co-ordinated by SA Govt.

Milestone 2
DIISR to receive advice from Amata (Via SA Govt) as to when Enteprise Connect Business Adviser should travel to Community (for a coordinated approach to officers from different departments/governments travelling to these communities).

Milestone 3
Enterprise Connect Remote Enterprise Centre Business Adviser meets with interested community members to share personal experience of running a small business in remote Australia.

9. Engage an Indigenous Economic Development Officer to work with emerging and existing Anangu owned businesses and individuals with a focus on capacity building.

Engage an Economic Development Officer to service the APY Lands by March 2011.

Activity Report – 6 Monthly.

10. Continue to develop the emerging pastoral and land management industries.

2. Support existing and new initiatives that maximise transition and retention opportunities for people of a working age.

1. Agencies to commit to the measures identified in the APY Lands Recruitment and Retention strategy.

2. Resource Officers are employed to support CDE P participants and their families in Amata.

3. Youth targeted strategies are developed to promote the successful transition from school to work and apprenticeships.

4. Examine ways to improve Centrelink transactional and case management services.

5. All DEEWR funded activities in communities should utilise DASSA services to assist with drug and alcohol issues.

6. Explore options with Fair Work Australia to work with employers of Anangu workers to adopt and implement flexible work principles and practices.

7. Ensure Anangu with disabilities are able to access appropriate medical information to support a job capacity assessment to ensure correct employment program streaming.

8. Provide skills training and further education opportunities for 15–19 year olds including support from the Youth Connections program.

9. Employers and funding bodies to commit to the measures identified in the APY Lands Recruitment and Retention Strategy.

3. Work experience opportunities are developed and offered to school students and people of a working age.

1. Government agencies provide opportunities for school students to undertake work experience.

2. Agencies that have an investment in Amata provide opportunities for people of a working age to undertake work experience.

3. Government agencies based in Adelaide mentor on a regular basis Wiltja students to increase their employment and career pathway.

4. GBM and AEOs in Amata provide an opportunity to mentor local people of a working age.

5. Utilising the JSA and Youth Connections Programs provide training and education opportunities through individualised case management to those Anangu youth who have not yet achieved Year 12 or equivalent.

6. Government departments to provide new employment opportunities by utilising the participation clauses in Government contracts and building the capability of Anangu to take up these opportunities.

7. Consultations with employers regarding work experience for people of a working age to undertake work experience.

8. Provide opportunities for Anangu ages between 17 and 24 to participate in National Green Job Corp activities.

4. Support existing and new business opportunities.

1. Improve community infrastructure to facilitate improved business practices (i.e. banking and postal services) to ensure that the community has access to adequate financial transaction capacity, postal services, licensing and bill paying facilities to support the increase of economic and social participation.

2. Improve road maintenance to encourage new private enterprise involvement.

DTEI works under a MoU for AARD to manage the road network.

DTEI has called a contract for road maintenance in the APY Lands, over three years, for DPC-AARD.

Ceduna Bulk Hauliers has won the contract and established in the Lands, previously not involved in the Lands.

DTEI has undertaken this work on behalf of AARD.

3. Engage local agents to provide the community with access to high demand State Government information and services through the PY KU Centre.

4. Enrol the Amata Community Council to work in partnership with the Indigenous Community Volunteers (ICV) program to design and implement community development based projects.

5. Fund a local Anangu Employment Officer to build community awareness in training, employment and compliance activities. This role will also assist with the coordination, promotion, preparation ands placement of Anangu in jobs.

Anangu Employment Officer to commence in employment by March 2011.

Activity Report – 6 monthly.

5. Undertake a comprehensive audit of Commonwealth, State, private and community sector job opportunities, both current and future; and identify gaps and training opportunities.

1. Review current and future contractual arrangements in housing contracts on the Lands to achieve training and employment outcomes for Aboriginal workers.

2. Develop a clear policy and guidelines for Aboriginal employment through building and construction projects.

3. Seek support from industry (mining companies, building contractors, government agencies) for Trade Training Centre at Umuwa.

4. Develop a whole-of- government process for the employment of Aboriginal interpreters.

5. Provide increased training in the APY Lands that is closely aligned in areas of industry demand, including:
   - Mining
   - Aged Care
   - Tourism/Hospitality
   - Construction
   - Business
   - Shop Attendants

6. Facilitate a forum for mining companies, including those with tenements on the Lands, to promote the training TAFE SA has delivered for OzMinerals with the aim to expand the program.

7. Tailor Interactive Ochre for the APY lands and offer through TAFE to all State Government departments and contractors with an interest on the Lands.

8. Reintroduce Tourism Training in Mimili. Develop a business case for tourism operation based around sites, cultural awareness and bush tucker. Liaise with the Commonwealth in relation to infrastructure funding with TAFE SA providing training.

Our community will be effectively governed and run by Anangu.

We will try ourselves to understand and we will explain to others in the community government policy and provide ideas wherever possible.

1. Provide opportunities for community members to be involved in the leadership and governance of their community, whilst recognising traditional cultural authority and existing leaders in the community.

1. Amata Community School to investigate the possibility of a student representative body.

2. Development of a youth representative forum to provide ideas and represent the youth of Amata to the Amata Community Council.

3. Explore financial support for the One and All – Youth Development Program

4. Initiate a dedicated women’s forum in Amata to work alongside and with the NPY Women’s Council and the Amata Community Council.

5. AEOs to work with community members to encourage community support and involvement in committees and forums.

6. Financial and administrative support for representatives from Amata with the possibility of other representation from communities in the APY Lands to attend the 9th World Indigenous Women and Wellness Conference in Darwin, August 2010.

7. Radio and PY Ku Centres to be used to promote discussion of new ideas and information pertaining to community events and council decisions.

8. Councils, service providers and government agencies to involve Art Centre artists and Anangu translators in presenting news and issues for debate in ways that reinforce culture and language.

9. Aboriginal Leadership Register to support initiatives contributing to achieving greater participation of Anangu on Boards and Committees.

2. Identifying existing community strengths that can be further resourced to create community development projects.

1. Amata Community Council to work with the community in developing community projects.

2. A community development agency is engaged to develop a profile of the strengths of the APY Land communities in both traditional and newer practices, and the opportunities these strengths can generate.

We will hold regular community meetings.

We will hold regular Council meetings.

We will hold our AGM each year and work towards ORIC incorporation and staying incorporated.

1. To shape governance arrangements that strengthens Anangu language and culture and support the role of the Amata Community Council.

1. Where appropriate for Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara language to be used in community meetings and by government exchanges utilising interpreters and offering language courses to government employees.

2. Amata Community Council to exercise the right to conduct meetings and forums with government agencies and service providers in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara language with accredited translators in attendance.

3. Government agencies and service providers take steps to hire Anangu interpreters and translators as needed and to have staff trained in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara language.

4. Refurbishment of the Community Office.

2. Ensure community governance is prepared for the future.

1. Amata Community Council to recognise the importance of succession planning and develop an action plan in identifying, mentoring upcoming leaders in the community and complete a handover of roles and induction completed when there is a changeover in membership.

3. Supporting training for the Amata Community Council to improve structure and transparency.

1. Amata Community Council to become reincorporated under ORIC.

2. Amata Community Council business practices to have anti-fraud and anti-corruption mechanisms and processes in place.

3. Training for Anangu in traditional western governance structures and practices.

4. Training to be offered to Amata Community Councils in the obligations and responsibilities of a governing body, best practice approaches and establishing protocols for resolving inter-family based tensions and conflict.

We will work with the GBMs and AEOs in Amata.

We will work together with government agencies to provide better service in Amata.

1. Government agencies work together on community development projects and policy.

1. Local intelligence and community knowledge to be shared between agencies.

2. Networks for government employees and service providers working on the APY Lands to be established.

3. Agencies utilise the ROC for information and the BoM to avoid duplications of services and programs.

4. Investigate and develop a range of options for more effective town planning and streamlining of infrastructure investment, including developing a single, whole of government contracting entity to plan and manage construction

2. Improve coordination and conduct of visits by agencies and NGOs to Amata.

1. Agencies to utilise the APY Calendar for coordination.

APY calendar has been implemented and continues to be maintained by ROC staff on a monthly basis.

ROC intends to upload the calendar into the ROC Face site to increase external access.

2. Amata Community Council in conjunction with the BoM develop protocols for agency visits to Amata.

ROC staff have discussed with the GBM protocols and processes to improve the single government interface.

ROC in conjunction with the GBM will develop and document a protocol procedure to be inserted in the ROC Face by end of July 2010.

3. Improved training for government and service provider employees visiting and living in Amata.

1. Mandatory cultural awareness training by Anangu for all employees visiting or living on the APY Lands.

2. Induction training for employees that will be living on the APY Lands in social and emotional wellbeing, cultural isolation and shock.

3. Staff of service providers and government agencies to be given formal orientation to the principles and methods of internationally successful community development and capacity building.

4. Ensure adequate staff housing available to agencies and service providers.

1. Conduct a review of additional staffing needs to enable the implementation of the LIP and determine the need for staff housing in Amata.

2. Construction of additional visitor accommodation in order to reduce fly-in fly-out day visits and improve service delivery.

3. Identification of government and non government service provider housing needs is provided to support services; and incorporated short, medium and long term strategies are developed to ensure sufficient staff housing is provided to support local services.

4. Ensure that current Government housing is used to its optimal benefits