Secretaries' Group Annual Report on Indigenous Affairs, 2004-05  

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Membership of the Secretaries’ Group on Indigenous Affairs
• Introduction
• What changes have been made?
• New whole-of-government arrangements
• Council of Australian Governments
• What have the changes meant so far?
• Sharing responsibility
• Harnessing the mainstream
• Improving access for Indigenous people
• Complementary mainstream and Indigenous-specific programs
• Flexible funding arrangements
• Streamlining service delivery
• Working across portfolios
• Working with the states and territories
• Recognising the need for services to take account of local circumstances
• Establishing transparency and accountability
• Building the evidence base
• Accountability framework
• Developing a learning framework
• Focussing on priority issues: the year ahead
• Conclusion