COAG Reform Council

Indigenous reform

Under the National Indigenous Reform Agreement, all Australian governments have shared responsibility for Closing the Gap in Indigenous disadvantage across six key areas—life expectancy, child mortality, access to early childhood education, literacy and numeracy, education attainment and economic participation.

The COAG Reform Council has the task of assessing and publicly reporting on the performance of governments against the National Indigenous Reform Agreement targets, and the seven associated National Partnerships.

The six targets of the National Indigenous Reform Agreement are:

  • Close the life expectancy gap within a generation
  • Halve the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five within a decade
  • Ensure all Indigenous four year olds in remote communities have access to early childhood education within five years
  • Halve the gap for Indigenous students in reading, writing, numeracy within a decade
  • Halve the gap for Indigenous students in Year 12 attainment or equivalent attainment rates by 2020
  • Halve the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a decade.

There are seven National Partnerships associated with the National Indigenous Reform Agreement:

  • National Partnership on Indigenous Economic Participation
  • National Partnership on Remote Indigenous Public Internet Access
  • National Partnership on Remote Service Delivery
  • National Partnership on Closing the Gap in the Northern Territory

The following National Partnership is associated with both the National Indigenous Reform Agreement and the National Healthcare Agreement:

  • National Partnership on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes

The following National Partnership is associated with both the National Indigenous Reform Agreement and the National Affordable Housing Agreement:

  • National Partnership on Remote Indigenous Housing

The following National Partnership is associated with both the National Indigenous Reform Agreement and the National Education Agreement:

  • National Partnership on Indigenous Early Childhood Development

These National Partnerships can be found on the Ministerial Council for Federal Financial Relations website.

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