Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

Schedule 1 - Listed entities  

Note:

See sections 6 and 8 .

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14   National Indigenous Australians Agency  
For the purposes of the finance law:

(a)    the following group of persons is a listed entity:

(i) the person occupying, or performing the duties of, the office known as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Indigenous Australians Agency;

(ii) persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 to assist in the performance of the functions of the National Indigenous Australians Agency; and

(b)    the listed entity is to be known as the National Indigenous Australians Agency; and

(c)    the Chief Executive Officer of the National Indigenous Australians Agency is the accountable authority of the listed entity; and

(d)    the persons referred to in paragraph (a) are officials of the listed entity; and

(e)    the purposes of the listed entity include the following:

(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 responsible Minister 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;

(ix) to undertake other tasks the Prime Minister and the responsible Minister require from time to time.