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Disability cross-cutting outcome

Disability cross-cutting outcome About the outcome   Under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (Opens external website) , we are responsible for the cross-cutting outcome of disability across the Commonwealth.   The outcome recognises the need to tailor actions for First Nations people with disability. This will …

Budget 2019–20

Budget 2019–20 Portfolio Budget Statements Portfolio Budget Statements 2019–20 - Social Services Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2019–20 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2019–20 Social Services Minister’s media release Guaranteeing essential social services Australians rely on (Opens external …

ABSTUDY Safe Travel Plans

ABSTUDY Safe Travel Plans How the plans work Safe Travel Plans improve the safety, appropriateness and flexibility of travel arrangements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.  A Safe Travel Plan means schools, boarding providers and families work together to ensure children arrive safely at school and …

Child Support Stakeholder Consultation Group

Child Support Stakeholder Consultation Group Purpose The group’s main goal is to help the government achieve better outcomes for separated and separating families, with a focus on better outcomes for children. The government set up the group following a recommendation in the Third Interim Report of the 2019 Joint …

Child Support Expert Panel

Child Support Expert Panel Establishment The panel was set up following a recommendation in the Third Interim Report of the 2019 Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System (Opens external website) . More information  Read the committee’s recommendations (Opens external website) Read the government's …

Monitoring and reporting

Monitoring and reporting Implementing the National Agreement   There are number of Commonwealth Government reporting mechanisms that helps us track our progress to implement the National Agreement.    These mechanisms set out how policies and programs align to the National Agreement and explain the actions needed to …

Meeting Target 12 to support children

Meeting Target 12 to support children About Target 12   Under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (the National Agreement), Target 12 aims to reduce the rate of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care by 45% by 2031.   We are working with states and territories …

Meeting Target 9a to improve housing

Meeting Target 9a to improve housing About Target 9a   Under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (the National Agreement), Target 9a aims to increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing to 88% by 2031.   National Agreement on …

ABSTUDY third-party scholarship programs

ABSTUDY third-party scholarship programs How the program works Organisations funded by the Australian Government through the Indigenous Advancement Strategy’s Children and Schooling Program to establish an Indigenous scholarship program may be automatically eligible for ABSTUDY approval.  Students offered a …

Closing the Gap Outcomes and Evidence Fund

Closing the Gap Outcomes and Evidence Fund About the fund   The Closing the Gap Outcomes and Evidence Fund is a program for First Nations people, organisations and communities to co-design, trial and evaluate projects aimed at contributing to:   Target 12 : By 2031, reduce the rate of over-representation of Aboriginal …