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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| Priority Reform Three Strategy |
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Existing |
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| Productivity Commission |
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Existing |
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| Progress in Australian Regions and Cities Dashboard |
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Existing |
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| Protecting First Nations Intellectual Property |
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New |
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| Providing child care in remote communities through the Community Child Care Fund Restricted (CCCF-R) |
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Existing |
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| Provision of rapid point-of-care (POC) cervical screening tests |
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New |
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| Quality of Training Delivery |
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Existing |
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| Reduce rates of smoking and recreational vaping among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people |
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Existing |
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| Reduce the risk of First Nations young people coming in child protection and justice systems |
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Existing |
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| Regional Connectivity Program |
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Existing |
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| Regional Data Hub |
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Existing |
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| Regional Insights for Indigenous Communities (RIFIC) website |
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| Regional mobile infrastructure inquiry 2022-23 |
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Existing |
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| Regional Partnership Project Pool Program |
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Existing |
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| Regional Tech Hub |
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Existing |
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| Regional Telecommunications Review |
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New |
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| Regional University Study Hubs |
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Existing |
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| Remote Air Services Subsidy (RASS) Scheme |
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Existing |
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| Remote Airstrip Upgrade Program |
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Existing |
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| Remote Indigenous Communities Telecommunications (RICT) |
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Existing |
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| Remote Training Hubs Network |
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New |
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| Research that benefits Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led research |
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Existing |
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| Research, tools and strategies to boost Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages education |
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Existing |
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| Resources for family and children's services |
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Existing |
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| Safe and Supported Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Action Plan and Safe and Supported First Action Plans (1AP) |
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Existing |
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| Safe and Supported Formal Partnership Agreement for Shared Decision-Making |
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New |
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| Safe and Supported: Action 2 (Investing in the Community Controlled Sector) - Development of a National Child and Family Investment Strategy |
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Existing |
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| Safe and Supported: Action 2 - shift towards adequate and coordinated funding of early, targeted and culturally safe supports for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families |
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New |
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| Safe and Supported: Action 3 (Data Sovereignty) - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Action Plan |
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New |
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| Safe and Supported: Action 4 (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Workforce) - scope current and future needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce |
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New |
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| Safe and Supported: Action 5 (Active Efforts) - draft minimum standards for the ATSICPP |
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New |
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| Safe and Supported: Action 6 (Legal Supports) - assess the needs of, and barriers experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families who require access to legal supports |
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New |
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| Safe and Supported: Action 6 (Legal Supports) - assess the needs of, and barriers experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families who require access to legal supports |
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New |
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| Safe and Supported: Action 7 - Establish and strengthen advocacy through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioners |
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| Safe and Supported: Action 8 (Social Determinants of Child Safety and Wellbeing) - Work across portfolios impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families and Action 1 Early Supports – Address the social determinants of child safety |
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| Safe and Supported: Action 8 ATSICPP – Implement the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) to the standard of active efforts |
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| Scaling Up Proven Primary Reading Program |
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Existing |
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| Scope development of Sector Strengthening Plan for the Aboriginal Community Controlled and First Nations owned training sector |
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New |
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| Sector Strengthening Plan evaluation methodology |
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Existing |
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| Services Australia - Provision of Remote Service |
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Existing |
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| Services Australia Customer Experience Survey |
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Existing |
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| Six place-based partnerships |
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Existing |
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| Sixth National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections (BBV STI) Strategy 2023-2030 |
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| SNAICC Early Years Support (previously known as Intermediary Support Services - THRYVE) |
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Existing |
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| Social and Emotional Wellbeing (Mental Health) Policy Partnership |
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Existing |
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| Specialised Family Violence Services - Aboriginal Community Controlled Family Violence Prevention Legal Service (FVPLS) providers |
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New |
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| Specialist Trainee Support Program (STSP) |
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| Square Kilometre Array (SKA) economic and social benefits for Wajarri Yamaji businesses and industry |
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Existing |
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| Square Kilometre Array (SKA) economic and social benefits for Wajarri Yamaji businesses and industry (optic fibre link) |
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Existing |
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| Square Kilometre Array (SKA) economic and social benefits for Wajarri Yamaji businesses and industry (Wajarri Yamaji apprenticeships or trainee positions) |
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Existing |
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