Second report 2009

25 June 2009

© Commonwealth of Australia 2009
ISBN 978-1-74229-120-8

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Membership of the Committee	(PDF 7KB)
Abbreviations	(PDF 7KB)
Recommendations	(PDF 20KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 25KB)
Terms of Reference Inquiry process Future plans Structure of the report Previous and current inquiries of relevance Acknowledgements Further submissions
Chapter 2 - Commonwealth Policy on Indigenous Affairs	(PDF 118KB)
Closing the Gap policy Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Fiscal Relations Coordinator-General for Remote Indigenous Services Measuring and reporting under COAG Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Key Indicators Report Commonwealth government Budget 2009-10 Healing Foundation National Indigenous Representative Body Statement of support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Chapter 3 - Overview of data on Indigenous wellbeing	(PDF 531KB)
Issues with current data collections Social and demographic context of Indigenous communities General wellbeing in regional and remote Indigenous communities Housing and community infrastructure Indigenous educational attainment and standards The health of the Indigenous population Employment Welfare and security of children and young people Conclusions from the data
Chapter 4 - The Northern Territory Emergency Response	(PDF 1098KB)
Summary of Northern Territory Emergency Response and measures Reviews and reports on the progress of the NTER Response to the NTER Review Northern Territory Emergency Response Measures Commonwealth policy issues not addressed under NTER measures
Chapter 5 - Effectiveness of South Australian and Northern Territory government policies	(PDF 385KB)
South Australian government policies Northern Territory government policies
Appendix 1 - List of Public Submissions and Tabled Documents received since the committee's first report of 2008	(PDF 16KB)
Hearing 14 November 2008 Hearing 4 March 2009 Hearing 9 June 2009
Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee at public hearings	(PDF 23KB)
Appendix 3 - People with whom the Committee met on Site Visits	(PDF 14KB)
Appendix 4 - Indigenous data sources	(PDF 76KB)
Appendix 5 - Map of Northern Territory government's proposed 'Territory Growth Towns'	(PDF 44KB)
Appendix 6 - Levels of schooling provided in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory	(PDF 1361KB)
Appendix 7 - Police in Northern Territory Indigenous communities	(PDF 1028KB)

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