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