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Support Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander cultures. Ensure government organisations identify their history with Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander people and facilitate truth-telling to enable reconciliation and active, ongoing healing. Feedback from the engagements included government organisations building relationships with local Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander community-controlled organisations to enable them to understand and reflect the history and culture of local communities. Improve engagement with Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander people – Ensure when governments are undertaking significant changes to policy and programs that primarily impact on Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people, they engage fully and transparently. Engagements should be done in a way where Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander people: have a leadership role in the design and conduct of engagements; know the purpose and fully understand what is being proposed; know what feedback is provided and how that is being taken account of by governments in making decisions; and are able to assess whether the engagements have been fair, transparent and open. The engagements on the National Agreement, led by the Coalition of Peaks in partnership with Government parties, demonstrated the benefit of this approach. Jurisdictional actions Government Parties, in partnership with Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people, commit to systemic and structural transformation to ensure government mainstream institutions and agencies are free of institutionalised racism and promote cultural safety in line with the transformation elements at Clause 59. Government Parties commit to challenge unconscious biases that result in decisions based on stereotypes. Addressing institutional racism and promoting cultural safety are essential requirements that are the responsibility of governments, in line with the transformation elements. When Government Parties change, design or deliver policies and programs that impact on the outcomes of this Agreement, they will do so in line with this Agreement. Government Parties commit to share and publish their engagement approaches that give effect to the transformation elements on engagements at Clause 59(f). The Government Parties also commit to engaging with Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander representatives before, during, and after emergencies such as natural disasters and pandemics to make sure that: government decisions take account of the impact of those decisions on Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander people are not disproportionately affected and can recover as quickly as other Australians from social and economic impacts. Government Parties will include in their annual reports information on how they are undertaking and meeting the transformation elements. Government Parties’ investment in mainstream institutions and agencies will not come at the expense of investment in Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander community-controlled services. Partnership actions By 2023, Government Parties agree to each identify, develop or strengthen an independent mechanism, or mechanisms, that will support, monitor, and report on the transformation of mainstream agencies and institutions. The mechanism, or mechanisms, will: support mainstream agencies and institutions to embed transformation elements, as outlined in Clause 59, and monitoring their progress be recognisable for Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander people and be culturally safe engage with Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people to listen and to respond to concerns about mainstream institutions and agencies report publicly on the transformation of mainstream agencies and institutions, including progress, barriers and solutions. In 2025, the Parties to the Agreement will meet and consider progress on Priority Reform Three and make additional partnership actions if needed and the Agreement will be updated accordingly. Priority Reform Four – Shared access to data and information at a regional level Shared access to location specific data and information will support Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander communities and organisations to support the achievement of the first three Priority Reforms through: Priority Reform One: Participating as equal partners with government, with equal access to all processes and information to support shared decision-making.

Support Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander cultures. Ensure government organisations identify their history with Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander people and facilitate truth-telling to enable reconciliation and active, ongoing healing. Feedback from the engagements included government organisations building relationships with local Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander community-controlled organisations to enable them to understand and reflect the history and culture of local communities. Improve engagement with Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander people – Ensure when governments are undertaking significant changes to policy and programs that primarily impact on Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people, they engage fully and transparently. Engagements should be done in a way where Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander people: have a leadership role in the design and conduct of engagements; know the purpose and fully understand what is being proposed; know what feedback is provided and how that is being taken account of by governments in making decisions; and are able to assess whether the engagements have been fair, transparent and open. The engagements on the National Agreement, led by the Coalition of Peaks in partnership with Government parties, demonstrated the benefit of this approach. Jurisdictional actions Government Parties, in partnership with Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people, commit to systemic and structural transformation to ensure government mainstream institutions and agencies are free of institutionalised racism and promote cultural safety in line with the transformation elements at Clause 59. Government Parties commit to challenge unconscious biases that result in decisions based on stereotypes. Addressing institutional racism and promoting cultural safety are essential requirements that are the responsibility of governments, in line with the transformation elements. When Government Parties change, design or deliver policies and programs that impact on the outcomes of this Agreement, they will do so in line with this Agreement. Government Parties commit to share and publish their engagement approaches that give effect to the transformation elements on engagements at Clause 59(f). The Government Parties also commit to engaging with Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander representatives before, during, and after emergencies such as natural disasters and pandemics to make sure that: government decisions take account of the impact of those decisions on Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander people are not disproportionately affected and can recover as quickly as other Australians from social and economic impacts. Government Parties will include in their annual reports information on how they are undertaking and meeting the transformation elements. Government Parties’ investment in mainstream institutions and agencies will not come at the expense of investment in Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander community-controlled services. Partnership actions By 2023, Government Parties agree to each identify, develop or strengthen an independent mechanism, or mechanisms, that will support, monitor, and report on the transformation of mainstream agencies and institutions. The mechanism, or mechanisms, will: support mainstream agencies and institutions to embed transformation elements, as outlined in Clause 59, and monitoring their progress be recognisable for Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander people and be culturally safe engage with Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Islander people to listen and to respond to concerns about mainstream institutions and agencies report publicly on the transformation of mainstream agencies and institutions, including progress, barriers and solutions. In 2025, the Parties to the Agreement will meet and consider progress on Priority Reform Three and make additional partnership actions if needed and the Agreement will be updated accordingly. Priority Reform Four priority reform four – Shared shared access to data and information at a regional level Shared access to location specific data and information will support Aboriginal and Xxxxxx Strait Islander communities and organisations to support the achievement of the first three Priority Reforms through: Priority Reform One: Participating as equal partners with government, with equal access to all processes and information to support shared decision-making.