Partnerships Queensland

Partnerships Queensland aims to improve the way the state government delivers programs to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in Queensland.

All Queensland Government departments will be guided by:

1. A set of goals and policy objectives:
   • strong families, strong cultures
   • safe places; healthy living
   • skilled and prosperous people and communities
2. A new way of doing business based on:
   • partnership
   • community engagement
   • improved governance
   • better performing and more accountable service providers
   • shared responsibility

Partnerships Queensland Baseline Report 2006

This report provides baseline data taken in 2006. Progress in improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Queensland will be measured from this baseline data.

Partnerships Queensland Implementation Progress Report 2006

The implementation progress report, published in 2006, is the companion document to the Partnerships Queensland Baseline Report 2006. It provided information on government action taken under the Partnerships Queensland Policy Framework.

Quarterly reports on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities

Quarterly reports summarise the progress being made to improve the quality of life for Indigenous Queenslanders living in 19 Aboriginal and mainland Torres Strait Islander communities - Aurukun, Bamaga, Cherbourg, Doomadgee, Hope Vale, Injinoo, Kowanyama, Lockhart River, Mapoon, Mornington Island, Napranum, New Mapoon, Palm Island, Pormpuraaw, Seisia, Umagico, Woorabinda, Wujal Wujal andYarrabah.

Indigenous Partnership Agreement

The Indigenous Partnership Agreement was signed in 2007 by the Premier and the mayors of 15 communities. The agreement provides a framework for the communities to negotiate individual Local Partnership Agreements.

More information

• Closing the Gap