Existing Effort Targeted Actions Measures of Success The Department of Health commissions The Department of Health will report data on Data on Aboriginal and Torres the Australian Institute of Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Strait Islander people with a Welfare (AIHW) to collect data on around with a disability as part of the annual OSR disability reported annually in the 200 primary health care and ask the AIHW to provide this data on a OSR and provided on a health services funded by the confidential basis to other departments for to other Australian Government and to release the planning purposes. departments. Online Services Report (OSR) annually. (Lead Department of Health) – The Indigenous Advancement Strategy The Department of the Minister and The Department of the includes a number of health and wellbeing Cabinet’s new Indigenous Advancement Minister and Cabinet is working related initiatives that have some impact Strategy guidelines recommend that where closely with providers to achieve on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander possible and relevant, applications for outcomes, including working people with disability: funding should highlight how the needs of together to arrive at effective Indigenous Australians with disability will be measures of success that are Indigenous Sports participation • addressed. outcomes based and locally activities facilitate participation of people relevant. with disability. (Lead Department of the Minister and – Cabinet) Alcohol and other drug treatment • services and social and emotional wellbeing activities specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Existing Effort Targeted Actions Measures of Success The Department of Health commissions the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) to collect data on around 200 primary health care health services funded by the Australian Government and to release the Online Services Report (OSR) annually. The Department of Health will report data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability as part of the annual OSR and ask the AIHW to provide this data on a confidential basis to other departments for planning purposes. (Lead – Department of Health) Data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability reported annually in the OSR and provided on a to other departments. The Indigenous Advancement Strategy includes a number of health and wellbeing related initiatives that have some impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability: • Indigenous Sports participation activities facilitate participation of people with disability. • Alcohol and other drug treatment services and social and emotional wellbeing activities specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Department of the Minister and Cabinet’s new Indigenous Advancement Strategy guidelines recommend that where possible and relevant, applications for funding should highlight how the needs of Indigenous Australians with disability will be addressed. (Lead – Department of the Minister and Cabinet) The Department of the Minister and Cabinet is working closely with providers to achieve outcomes, including working together to arrive at effective measures of success that are outcomes based and locally relevant.
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