Action description:
Empowered Communities leaders and the Commonwealth are working together in 10 regions, with further work underway to establish partnership arrangements with Empowered Communities leaders and the Commonwealth and state and territory governments across all ten sites.
In 2022-23 Empowered Communities and NIAA continued our shared decision making process on future funding under the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS), bringing the total grants considered through this approach to over 310 activities valued at over $190 million since 2017.
Priority reform:
Priority Reform One
Status:
Existing
Is this Indigenous specific?:
Yes
Indicators:
Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians reporting they are able to have a say in their community on issues important to them, Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians reporting improvements in their communities
Responsible Ministers:
Minister for Indigenous Australians
Resourcing:
$47 million funding for the Empowered Communities backbones from 2016 through to June 2024
Delivery timeframe:
2024
Agency:
National Indigenous Australians Agency