This audit would assess the implementation of recommendations accepted by the Australian Government arising from the performance audits conducted since 2018–19, which may include:

  • Auditor-General Report No. 18 2021–22 Remote Housing in the Northern Territory;
  • Auditor-General Report No. 36 2020–21 Indigenous Business Australia’s Business Support and Investment Activities;
  • Auditor-General Report No. 11 2020–21 Indigenous Advancement Strategy — Children and Schooling Program and Safety and Wellbeing Program;
  • Auditor-General Report No. 34 2019–20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation Targets in Intergovernmental Agreements;
  • Auditor-General Report No. 25 2019–20 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation Targets in Major Procurements;
  • Auditor-General Report No. 27 2018–19 Closing the Gap; and
  • Auditor-General Report No. 7 2018–19 Management of the Regional Network.

Additionally, this audit may assess the implementation of recommendations from four inquiries concluded by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs between December 2017 and 2021:

  • House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs, Commonwealth of Australia, Report on Indigenous Participation in Employment and Business, (2021);
  • House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs, Commonwealth of Australia, Report on food pricing and food security in remote Indigenous communities, (2020);
  • House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs, Commonwealth of Australia, Report on the impact of inauthentic art and craft in the style of First Nations peoples, (2018); and
  • House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs, Commonwealth of Australia, The power of education: from surviving to thriving – educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, (2017).

The audit may also assess the implementation of a recommendation made by the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee during Budget Estimates 2022–23, and other recommendations made by parliamentary committees (including the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs) made before 1 July 2023.

Work program portfolio

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