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Stronger Futures: A Ten-Year Commitment to Northern Territory's Indigenous Communities

This presentation outlines the 'Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory' package, a $3.4 billion long-term commitment to improve the lives of Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory (NT). The program focuses on employment, education, health, and safety, and addresses the sunset of existing legislation. Funding will support critical services for children and families, substance abuse programs, and community safety initiatives. The legislation is currently before Parliament and aims to close the gap in access to essential services for Indigenous communities, ensuring their voices are heard in this process.

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Stronger Futures: A Ten-Year Commitment to Northern Territory's Indigenous Communities

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  1. A Ten Year Commitment

  2. WELCOME • Purpose of this presentation • To outline Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory package: • Steps leading up to August 2012 sunset on Northern Territory National Emergency Response legislation • Programs and services – 2012 Budget measures • Proposed legislation and policies. • Next Steps in Closing the Gap in the NT • www.indigenous.gov.au/strongerfutures

  3. WHY STRONGER FUTURES? • Current funding ending June 2012; NTER legislation ending August 2012 • Stronger Futures package responds to the Stronger Futures 2009 and 2011 consultations, and evidence from NTER evaluation • More needs to be done to Close the Gap in the NT • People could have their say in consultations and on legislation proposal

  4. STRONGER FUTURES PACKAGE • $3.4 billion over ten years • Long-term commitment to work with Aboriginal people in NT • Focus on providing additional employment opportunities for Aboriginal people in remote communities • Ten-year funding for Stronger Futures in 2012 Budget • Supporting legislation currently before Parliament • National Partnership Agreement being negotiated with NT Government

  5. STRONGER FUTURES: PROGRAMS AND SERVICES • Continued support for core services in: • Children and Families • Education • Community Safety • Health • Housing and Essential Services • Engagement and Coordination

  6. STRONGER FUTURES: LEGISLATION • Still before Parliament – not yet law • Repeals NTER legislation • RDA applies • Relates to: • School Enrolment and Attendance Measure – SEAM • Tackling alcohol abuse • Community safety • Food security • Land reform

  7. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES $442.4 million over ten years • Communities for Children • 19 Communities for Children sites (up from 4) • Children’s safety, early childhood services • 2 mobile child-protection teams (25 staff) • More Remote Aboriginal Family and Community Workers • Up to 23 Intensive Family Support Services • Existing early-childhood services continuing

  8. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES • Women, men and young people • Sixteen women’s safe houses • Redesigned men’s services • Youth in Communities services • All new services to be part of Communities for Children arrangements (once in place)

  9. EDUCATION $583.4 million over ten years • Better schooling outcomes and encouraging school attendance • 200 extra teaching positions to continue • School Nutrition Program • SFNT legislation – new SEAM • School Enrolment and Attendance Measure (SEAM) improved and extended • More support for parents, stronger links with schools • Phased in from July 2012 (Subject to legislation) • Aligns with NT Government’s Every Child Every Day strategy

  10. COMMUNITY SAFETY $619.3 million over ten years • Policing • Maintaining extra remote police numbers (60) and Themis stations (18) • Special police services - Substance Abuse Intelligence Desks and Dog Operations Units – disrupting trafficking, NT Child Abuse Task Force, National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Task Force (Australian Crime Commission) • Night patrols, legal assistance • 80 night patrols • Supplementary funding for legal aid services • Prohibited material and bail and sentencing provisions

  11. TACKLING ALCOHOL ABUSE • $75.6 million over ten years • SFNT legislation • Alcohol management • Existing alcohol restrictions to continue – with Alcohol Management Plans as a community-based alternative to restrictions • SFNT legislation • Helping problem drinkers • Income management for people with serious alcohol and/or drug problems • Signs • More respectful signs; unnecessary signs removed

  12. HEALTH • $713.5 million over ten years • More and better primary health care • 250 staff in 80 clinics • Remote Area Health Corps • More alcohol treatment in communities with AMPs • 20 new staff in up to 20 sites • Mobile Outreach Service Plus • Four new mental health services • Children’s health • Continued preventive and specialist services for children • Ear and Dental health

  13. FOOD SECURITY • $40.9 million over ten years • SFNT legislation • Continuation of community stores licensing • All stores outside major NT centres in scope of licensing • More flexible licensing and compliance conditions

  14. HOUSING AND OUTSTATIONS • Housing: $283.5 million over six years • On top of $1.7bn through National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing • Essential services in outstations: $221 million over ten years • $206 million Australian Government; $15 million NT Government • SFNT legislation • Compulsory 5-year leases to end no later than August 2012 LAND REFORM

  15. JOBS • $19 million jobs package for NT, announced November 2011 • Local Indigenous workforce to be a focus for all SFNT measures ALICE SPRINGS • $13.7 million over two years • Continued investment in Alice Springs Transformation Plan

  16. ENGAGEMENT AND COORDINATION • $427.4 million over ten years • Improve how governments and communities work together • Indigenous Engagement Officers in 54 communities • Government Engagement Coordinators • Regional approach, better coverage of NT • Governance and leadership development • Support for NT Aboriginal Interpreter Service

  17. NEXT STEPS • Significant and long-term commitment by the Government towards closing the gap in the NT • Government working differently with communities in the future • Government being able to work more closely with Aboriginal people • Providing additional employment opportunities for Aboriginal people • National Partnership Agreement being negotiated with NT Government

  18. FURTHER INFORMATION • www.indigenous.gov.au/strongerfutures • Indigenous Budget Statement – 2012-13 Budget • Stronger Futures Policy Statement (November 2011) • Relates to legislation

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