Order to Establish the National Indigenous Australians Agency as an Executive Agency

Public Service Act 1999

Order to Establish the National Indigenous Australians Agency as an Executive Agency

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 65 of the Public Service Act 1999:

(a)        establish the National Indigenous Australians Agency as an Executive Agency;

(b)       allocate the name National Indigenous Australians Agency to the Executive Agency;

(c)        allocate the name Chief Executive Officer to the Head of the Executive Agency;

(d)       identify the Minister for Indigenous Australians as the Minister responsible for the Executive Agency;

(e)        specify the functions of the National Indigenous Australians Agency be as follows:

1. to lead and coordinate Commonwealth policy development, program design and implementation and service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;
2. to provide advice to the Prime Minister and the Minister for Indigenous Australians on whole-of-government priorities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people;
3. to lead and coordinate the development and implementation of Australia’s Closing the Gap targets in partnership with Indigenous Australians;
4. to lead Commonwealth activities to promote reconciliation;
5. 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;
6. to design, consult on and coordinate the delivery of community development employment projects;
7. 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;
8. to coordinate Indigenous portfolio agencies and advance a whole-of-government approach to improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and
9. to undertake other tasks the Prime Minister and the Minister require from time to time.

This Order will commence on 1 July 2019.

Dated    29th May 2019                   

(signed Peter Cosgrove)

Peter Cosgrove

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

(signed Scott Morrison)

Scott Morrison

Prime Minister