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Governance and leadership

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Hoop Dreaming Project

This Cairns Basketball Incorporated initiative offers young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people a life skills program to improve their health and education and job prospects.

Read more about the success of the Hoop Dreaming Project.

All levels of government, community and private sector organisations have a responsibility to demonstrate good governance and strong, sound leadership. These qualities are essential if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders are to achieve equal access to good health, education, employment and social justice.

Targets, strategies and progress measures

There are no Council of Australian Governments (COAG) or Tomorrow's Queensland Q2 targets that directly address this strategic action area.

However, improvements in this area may have long-term impacts on a number of COAG targets, for example:

  • enhanced governance policies and systems may facilitate increased economic participation
  • increased coordination of government and community based services may improve health, educational and employment outcomes

Progress measures

The measures that the Queensland Government will use to monitor progress in governance and leadership are under development.

Strategic directions

The Queensland Government will address governance and leadership in the communities with the following strategies:

  • develop and maintain innovative engagement mechanisms
  • develop and support community capacity and leadership
  • support development of leadership for women and young people

More information

Download detailed information about the Queensland Government's actions to support strong governance and leadership for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities:

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Last reviewed: 12 November 2009