The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) is interested to hear how the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) can best support the needs and aspirations of First Nations people and communities.
We want to ensure the IAS is supporting First Nations communities to achieve their priorities and delivering services to meet their needs. We also want to ensure the IAS is supporting the goals of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.
The IAS is the main way the NIAA funds and delivers programs for First Nations people and communities. Through the IAS, the NIAA funds and delivers a range of programs and activities that contribute to outcomes across 6 program areas:
- Jobs, Land and the Economy
- Children and Schooling
- Safety and Wellbeing
- Culture and Capability
- Remote Australia Strategies
- Research and Evaluation.
Further information about the IAS is below (click to enlarge):
We have recently delivered new or expanded programs like the Remote Jobs and Economic Development (RJED) and Indigenous Rangers programs. We would like to build on these developments to ensure all IAS investment is effectively responding to the needs and aspirations of First Nations peoples.
We are seeking feedback from service providers, organisations, communities and individuals on how the IAS can best do this. We would like to hear from you about your experiences and perspectives on the IAS, including what is working well and where improvements could be made.
You can provide feedback through this short online survey.
The survey will open on Tuesday 6 October 2026 and close at 11.59pm AEDT on Wednesday 4 November 2026.
The survey includes a mix of multiple choice, rating and free text questions. We are interested in your experiences with the IAS, including your satisfaction with different processes, your experiences engaging with NIAA and how you think the IAS could improve. You don't need to answer all the questions.
The survey is expected to take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Your participation is voluntary and you can choose to skip or not answer questions. Please note, you will not be able to save and return to this survey.
You also have an option to attach a short submission (e.g. a Word document or PDF) if you would like to include more information (1 file only, 3-page limit). Please do not include any personal information if you would like to provide this information anonymously.
If you have any questions about this survey, please email IASsurvey@niaa.gov.au.
All feedback will remain confidential, and you do not need to tell us your name or where you work. Please see our Privacy Notice below for further information.
By clicking ‘submit’ you consent to sharing your feedback with the NIAA to help inform improvements to the IAS.
We will use the NIAA survey platform to securely collect and store responses. Responses will be stored within NIAA’s secure network. Please see the Privacy Notice for more information on how your submission (both survey responses and short submission) will be used.
Your feedback will be used to consider ways to strengthen the IAS to ensure it operates well and helps achieve better outcomes for communities.
Your feedback will remain anonymous unless you choose to provide personal information such as your name.
This Privacy Notice describes how the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) collects your personal information.
The Privacy Act and your personal information:
Your personal information, including any sensitive information, is protected by law, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). The Privacy Act regulates the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of personal information by government agencies.
How and why do we collect your personal information?
The NIAA is collecting your personal information for the purpose of collecting submissions on the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS). These submissions will help inform improvements to the IAS.
You may do this survey anonymously. If you choose to provide information about yourself like your name, this notice tells you what the NIAA will do with this information.
How do we use and share your personal information?
The NIAA will make a summary of submissions to inform improvements to the IAS. The summary will not contain any identifying information, and the NIAA will not share any identifying information with anyone else, unless you have consented to this, or an exception under the Privacy Act applies.
The NIAA may share your submission with the Minister.
The NIAA will use the ‘NIAA survey platform’ to securely collect and store submissions.
Submissions may also be provided to other Commonwealth government agencies with an interest in the IAS.
The NIAA will not publish any submissions.
What happens if you do not provide your information?
The survey is voluntary and there are no consequences if you do not wish to participate in the survey.
How do you find out more about our privacy practices?
The privacy and security of your personal information is important to us, and is protected by law.
The Agency's Privacy Policy explains how the Agency handles and protects the information provided by you. The Agency’s Privacy Policy also explains how you can request access to or correct the personal information we hold about you, who to contact if you have a privacy enquiry or complaint and how the NIAA will handle a privacy complaint.
To find out more about how we manage personal information you can contact:
The Privacy Officer
National Indigenous Australians Agency
PO Box 2191
Canberra ACT 2600
Tel: (02) 6152 3080
Email: privacy@niaa.gov.au
From time to time, we will review and revise this privacy collection notice. We reserve the right to amend this notice at any time.
Copyright in material sent to the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) resides with the author(s).
‘Material’ includes anything submitted to the NIAA in response to the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) Survey, including artistic works such as artwork, poems, songs, etc.
In providing submissions(s) you grant a permanent, irrevocable, royalty free licence to allow the NIAA to use, reproduce, publish, adapt, perform or communicate to the public any of your material(s) on the NIAA website, including converting your material(s) to a different format for use in reporting or other NIAA communication channels.
Any material will be used in accordance with the privacy collection notice.
Any material published or used by the NIAA are done so under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Do not send us material for which you do not own copyright. If you send us material for which you are not the copyright owner, you warrant you have obtained all necessary licences and consents required for the use of those materials (including for us to use, reproduce, publish, perform or communicate to the public), and are liable for the payment of any royalties or other fees payable in respect of the use of such material. The NIAA is not responsible or liable for any loss, damage or injury suffered or allegedly suffered as a result of the use of material provided to the NIAA in response to the submission.
Please ensure that any material containing Indigenous knowledge of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property does not include any sensitive information that you are not comfortable with being published or do not have permission to publish or share.
Take the survey
Please note that you don't need to answer all the questions. Please view the above Privacy Notice and Copyright Notice before filling out the form.
By clicking ‘submit’ you consent to sharing your feedback with the NIAA to help inform improvements to the IAS.