Order to Establish the National Indigenous Australians Agency as an Executive Agency
I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 65 of the
Public Service Act 1999:
(a) establish the National Indigenous Australians Agency as an Executive Agency;
(b) allocate the name National Indigenous Australians Agency to the Executive Agency;
(c) allocate the name Chief Executive Officer to the Head of the Executive Agency;
(d) identify the Minister for Indigenous Australians as the Minister responsible for the Executive Agency;
(e) specify the functions of the National Indigenous Australians Agency be as follows:
i. to lead and coordinate Commonwealth policy development, program design and implementation and service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;
ii. to provide advice to the Prime Minister and the Minister for Indigenous Australians on whole-of-government priorities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;
iii. to lead and coordinate the development and implementation of Australia’s Closing the Gap targets in partnership with Indigenous Australians;
iv. to lead Commonwealth activities to promote reconciliation;
v. to build and maintain effective partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, state and territory governments and other relevant stakeholders to inform whole-of-government priorities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and enable policies, programs and services to be tailored to the unique needs of communities;
vi. to design, consult on and coordinate the delivery of community development employment projects;
vii. to analyse and monitor the effectiveness of programs and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including programs and services delivered by bodies other than the Agency;
viii. to coordinate Indigenous portfolio agencies and advance a whole-of-government approach to improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and
ix. to undertake other tasks the Prime Minister and the Minister require from time to time.
This Order will commence on 1 July 2019.
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