2.8: Indigenous Members of Community

A better future for Indigenous members of our community.

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The ACT Government has a strong commitment to working with members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to ensure that each person has the opportunity to reach their full potential and achieve optimal health and education. To help guide the achievement of these goals, the ACT Government has convened a high-level Chief Executive’s taskforce to provide strategic direction and monitor ACT public service delivery to the Indigenous community. The ACT Government will also work with the Indigenous community to enhance employment opportunities in the government, private and non-government sectors. In relation to families at risk, the ACT Government—through joint action by ACT Health, the Department of Education and Training and the Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services—will provide targeted, intensive family support services to a number of at-risk Indigenous families through integrated service delivery. This initiative will divert at-risk children from the statutory care and protection system, increase access to services and improve family and child well-being. The ACT Government is working with the Federal Government and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to deliver the commitments agreed by the Council of Australian Governments in relation to addressing Indigenous disadvantage, including initiatives to close the life expectancy gap and improve educational outcomes.

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