Report on Government Services 2004: Indigenous Compendium

Contents

Background
Terms of reference
Indigenous reporting
The new performance indicator framework

The compendium of Indigenous data
Improvements in reporting of Indigenous data
Care in interpreting Indigenous data
Improving Indigenous data

EDUCATION

Education Preface

School education
Indigenous full-time students
Access and equity
Nationally comparable learning outcomes
Literacy
Numeracy
Apparent retention from the commencement of secondary school to year 10 and from year 10 to year 12

Vocational Education and Training
Key performance indicator results
Outputs
VET participation by Indigenous status
Load pass rates
Outcomes

JUSTICE

Justice Preface

Police Services
Indigenous staffing
Deaths in police custody and custody-related operations
References

Court administration

Corrective services
Prison custody
Community corrections
Custody – apparent unnatural deaths
Jurisdictional data
References

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Emergency Management
References

HEALTH

Health preface
Overview of Indigenous health
Government policy and programs
Expenditure
Data quality
Selected indicators of health outcomes
Mortality rates
Principal causes of death
Life expectancy
Birthweight of babies
Future directions
References

Public hospitals
Equity – Separation rates by target group
Efficiency – Recurrent cost per casemix-adjusted separation
References

Primary and community health
Primary and community health services
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services and government provided community health services
Use of general practice services by Indigenous people
Future directions
References

Health Management
Breast cancer
Early detection – participation rates of women from selected community groups in BreastScreen programs
Mental Health
Mental Health – services provided
Mortality due to suicide
References

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Community Services preface
Juvenile detentions

Aged Care
Assessment services
Indigenous specific and flexibly funded services
Characteristics of older Indigenous people
Access to residential services by different groups
Access to CACPs by different groups
Home and Community Care program
Age profiles can distort observed usage patterns
References

Disability services
Service use of Indigenous consumers
References

Children’s services
Access of target groups – representation in services
References

Protection and support services
Child protection system
Inquiry into child abuse and neglect within Indigenous communities
Notification
Substantiation
Care and protection orders
Out-of-home care
Service quality – placement with extended family or in home-based care
Service quality – placement in accordance with the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle
Supported Accommodation and Assistance Program (SAAP)
Output
Outcomes
References

HOUSING

Housing
Service overview
Roles and responsibilities
Size and scope
Indigenous housing
State and Territory owned and managed Indigenous housing
Indigenous community housing
State and Territory Indigenous housing operations
Framework of performance indicators
Performance reporting for State owned and managed Indigenous housing
Outputs
Outcomes
Commonwealth Rent Assistance
Access
Outcomes
References

STATISTICAL APPENDIX
Population
Indigenous population profile
Income
Educational attainment

References

Attachment tables