Commonwealth Closing the Gap Actions Table
The list of actions in the Commonwealth Closing the Gap Actions Table provides a list of all new and existing measures being undertaken by the Commonwealth to support Closing the Gap efforts. The measures listed in this Actions Table support and complement those in the Commonwealth Closing the Gap 2023 Annual Report and 2024 Implementation Plan.
The Actions Table outlines individual measures across all Commonwealth Departments and Agencies and how they relate to specific Closing the Gap Priority Reforms, socio-economic outcomes, and target indicators, including additional information relating to resourcing, delivery timeframe and responsible Ministers.
Actions are as at 13 February 2024.
| Title | Priority reform | Outcome | Status | Responsible Ministers | Agency |
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| Better and Fairer Schools Agreement |
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New |
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| Better Connectivity Plan for Regional and Rural Australia |
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New |
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| Better Renal Services for First Nations Peoples |
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Existing |
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| Better support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children who have experienced or are experiencing family violence |
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Existing |
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| Birthing on Country Centre of Excellence |
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New |
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| Blood Borne Viruses (BBV) and Sexually Transmissible Infections (STI) Research Program |
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Existing |
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| Board appointment |
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New |
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| Boost mental health support for First Nations peoples in the lead up to, during and following the referendum to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Constitution. |
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Existing |
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| Boost to funding for First Nations Aged care Programs |
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Existing |
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| Boosting First Nations Employment (First Nations Unit) |
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Existing |
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| Boosting First Nations Employment (Pillar 1: Boosting First Nations leadership by increasing First Nations SES to 100) |
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Existing |
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| Boosting First Nations Employment (Pillar 2: Development of a First Nations Employee Value Proposition) |
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Existing |
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| Boosting First Nations Employment (Pillar 2: Growing a partnership and a talent pipeline by supporting 75 Executive Level employees) |
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Existing |
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| Boosting First Nations Employment (Pillar 3: Strengthening system-wide cultural capability and accountability) |
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Existing |
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| Build National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Legal Services (NATSILS) capacity |
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Existing |
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| Building On Country Boarding Schools |
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Existing |
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| Building the community controlled sector joint virtual funding pool - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Registered Training Organisations (ACCHRTO) Project |
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Existing |
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| Building the community controlled sector Joint Virtual Funding Pool - Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) Governance Training and Support Project |
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Existing |
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| Building the community controlled sector joint virtual funding pool - Addressing workforce barriers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners |
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New |
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| Building the community controlled sector joint virtual funding pool - Indigenous Allied Health Australia - High school to deadly careers program |
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Existing |
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| Building the community controlled sector joint virtual funding pool - National strategic roadmap for establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental health workforce |
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Existing |
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| Building the community controlled sector joint virtual funding pool - Optimal Utilisation of the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Project |
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Existing |
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| Building the Community-Controlled Sector Joint Virtual Funding Pool - Disability Sector National Disability Footprint Phase 1 (Elements 1-2) |
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Existing |
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| Building the Community-Controlled Sector Joint Virtual Funding Pool - Disability Sector National Disability Footprint Phase 2 (Elements 3-7) |
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Existing |
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| Building the evidence base - Evaluations on crime prevention activities |
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| Business Case for Commonwealth Grants Connected Policy (Clause 55a) |
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Existing |
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| Central Australia Response - On-Country Learning |
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New |
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| Children and Family Intensive Support (CaFIS) |
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Existing |
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| City-Country Partnerships |
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Existing |
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| Clause 55(b) 'meaningful proportion' guidance for agencies |
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Existing |
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| Clontarf |
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Existing |
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| Closing the Gap Community Data Portals |
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Existing |
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| Closing the Gap Healthy Mums, Healthy Bubs measure |
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Existing |
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| Closing the Gap Measure 3, Stronger ACCOs, Stronger Families Part 1 and Part 2 |
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Existing |
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| Commonwealth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Workforce Strategy 2020-24 |
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Existing |
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| Commonwealth Engagement and Partnership Framework |
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New |
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| Commonwealth Prioritisation Policy Guidance |
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New |
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| Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) |
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Existing |
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| Communication and e-learning strategy |
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Existing |
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| Community Data Project |
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Existing |
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| Community-controlled organisations and buildings meet accessibility standards |
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New |
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| Connected Beginnings |
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Existing |
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| Connected Beginnings development of approach to data sharing in communities with overlap of programs |
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New |
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| Connected Beginnings Program |
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Existing |
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| Connected Family Safety Services |
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New |
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| Connecting Northern Australia initiative |
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Existing |
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| Consolidated national real-time reporting of deaths in custody |
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Existing |
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| Consultation and direct engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the design and delivery of disability employment supports |
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Existing |
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| Continue to implement the Younger People in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC) targets |
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Existing |
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| Continued investment in research |
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Existing |
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