Remote Indigenous Public Internet Access Sample Clauses

Remote Indigenous Public Internet Access. 11. In 2008, COAG requested the development of an urban and regional strategy to coordinate the delivery of services to Indigenous Australians. The National Urban and Regional Service Delivery Strategy, at Schedule B is a plan for action developed by the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments. The Strategy recognises that without achieving significant gains in urban and regional locations, it will not be possible to Close the Gap nationally on any of the COAG targets. The strategy requires jurisdictions to leverage Indigenous specific and mainstream funding agreed by COAG, and other existing resources, to improve Indigenous Australians' outcomes in urban and regional areas.

Remote Indigenous Public Internet Access. In 2008, COAG requested the development of an urban and regional strategy to coordinate the delivery of services to Indigenous Australians. The National Urban and Regional Service Delivery Strategy, at Schedule B is a plan for action developed by the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments. The Strategy recognises that without achieving significant gains in urban and regional locations, it will not be possible to Close the Gap nationally on any of the COAG targets. The strategy requires jurisdictions to leverage Indigenous specific and mainstream funding agreed by COAG, and other existing resources, to improve Indigenous Australians' outcomes in urban and regional areas. Moreover, an important feature of the COAG framework is the focus on achievement of outcomes – including Indigenous outcomes – through the renegotiated National Agreements, and mainstream National Partnership agreements. These agreements aim to improve outcomes for a wide range of Australians, including Indigenous Australians. Some National Partnerships (such as Improving Teacher Quality) include Indigenous specific outcomes. Further information on the National Agreements and National Partnership agreements can be found at the Policy and Reform Directions section and at Schedule C. A key feature of the National Agreements will be enhanced reporting against specified indicators – and COAG has agreed to reporting arrangements which will see many indicators disaggregated by Indigenous and non-Indigenous status. This will facilitate close examination by COAG and the public of progress towards Closing the Gap and will complement other reporting mechanisms, such as the COAG-sponsored Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Key Indicators Report. The objectives, outcomes, outputs, performance indicators, and performance benchmarks noted in this and other Agreements will be used by the COAG Reform Council to assess progress in Closing the Gap in Indigenous disadvantage. In doing so, the COAG Reform Council will have reference to, among other things, the Closing the Gap Measuring Progress framework agreed by COAG (see Performance Benchmarks). In addition, COAG has agreed to a National Framework for Reporting Expenditure on Services to Indigenous Australians. Annual national Indigenous Expenditure Reports based on this framework will provide governments with a better understanding of the level and patterns of expenditure on services to Indigenous Australians, and assist policy makers to target poli...