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• Bilateral Agreement on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service Delivery between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of Queensland 2005-2010 [Search]
  This agreement results from the National Framework of Principles for Government Service Delivery to Indigenous Australians, endorsed at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting on 25 June 2004. It provides an overarching framework for the governments to work together on service planning, delivery, investment and performance evaluation (on Qld Government website)
• Bilateral Agreements Homepgae: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination [Search]
  OIPC assists the Australian Government in negotiating bilateral agreements with State/Territory Governments under the National Framework of Principles for Government Service Delivery to Indigenous Australians. The agreements are signed by the Prime Minister, and the relevant Premier or Chief Minister (on OIPC website)
• National Framework for Preventing Family Violence and Child Abuse in Indigenous Communities – COAG, 25 June 2004 [Search]
  This document records agreement of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) regarding jurisdictions working cooperatively to deal with abuse. The Framework is also underpinned by bi-lateral agreements between the Commonwealth and state and territory governments, and was the initiation for the 2006 establishment of the Task Force led by the Australian Crime Commission (on COAG website)
• National Framework of Principles for Delivering Services to Indigenous Australians – COAG, 25 June 2004 [Search]
  These principles reflect COAG’s approach to Indigenous services, and focus on sharing responsibility, harnessing the mainstream, streamlining service delivery, establishing transparency and accountability and focussing on priority areas. They commit to Indigenous participation and also guide bi-lateral discussions between the Cth and each State and Territory Govt about the Cth’s new arrangements for Indigenous affairs (on COAG website)
• Overarching Agreement on Aboriginal Affairs between the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of New South Wales 2005-2010 [Search]
  This agreement is also known as Bilateral Agreement on Service Delivery to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in New South Wales, it aims to improve Indigenous access to services. It is part of the implementation of Two Ways Together: the NSW Aboriginal Affairs Plan 2003-2012 (on OIPC webpage)
• Wadeye, Northern Territory: Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Trial, Independent Evaluation by Bill Grey (2006) [Search]
  Report on the Wadeye trial of COAG’s 2002 new combined approach to delivering services to Indigenous communities. Found that violence had worsened and only four houses had been built over the first three years (PDF on OIPC website)