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2 similar National Partnership Agreement contracts
An agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Northern TerritoryNational Partnership Agreement • March 29th, 2019
overview This National Partnership (the Agreement) is created subject to the provisions of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations (IGA FFR) and should be read in conjunction with the IGA FFR and its Schedules, which provide information in relation to performance reporting and payment arrangements under the IGA FFR. Purpose The Agreement will deliver up to $550 million in Commonwealth funding over five years where that funding is matched by the Northern Territory, bringing the total investment in remote housing for that period to $1.1 billion. To avoid duplication, it is optimal that the joint investment leverages a shared delivery, reporting and governance framework developed through this Agreement. The Agreement covers 73 remote communities and the 17 Alice Springs Town Camps (the ‘footprint’), as set out in Schedule C. In entering into this Agreement, the Commonwealth and the Northern Territory recognise they have a mutual interest in working together with Abo
An agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Northern TerritoryNational Partnership Agreement • March 29th, 2019
Preamble to the Agreement This Agreement aims to improve remote housing by reducing overcrowding for Aboriginal people in 73 remote Northern Territory communities and the 17 Alice Springs town camps. This Agreement embodies the principles of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Statement on the Closing the Gap refresh (12 December 2018), to effect “real change by working collaboratively and in genuine, formal partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as they are the essential agents of change.” To achieve a genuine and mutually respectful formal partnership between governments and Aboriginal people from the Northern Territory, this Agreement will incorporate Local Decision Making policy to inform housing outcomes at the community level and will include the four NT Land Councils on the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) of the National Partnership Agreement. The Land Councils will participate in decisions of broad policy and strategy for remote housing and w
