Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage

In April 2002, the Council of Australian Governments commissioned the Steering Committee to produce a regular report against key indicators of Indigenous disadvantage.

This report has an important long-term objective. It is to inform Australian governments about whether policy programs and interventions are achieving positive outcomes for Indigenous people. This will help guide where further work is needed.

The latest edition of the report, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2009, was released on 2 July 2009. Previous editions were published in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

The Steering Committee has consulted widely with Indigenous organisations, governments and researchers in developing the report and the indicator framework on which it was based. The Steering Committee published consultation reports in 2003 and 2006.