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About Us
 
The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) has one simple purpose – to improve the lives of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. With the diversity of Indigenous Australia, this is harder than it sounds.
 
We work to the Minister for Indigenous Australians, The Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP, and across the entire Australian Government, with State and Territory counterparts, peak bodies and service providers, and Indigenous communities to ensure that Indigenous policies and programs are delivering for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
 
We focus on relationships and our own cultural capability to ensure we have a strong place-based approach that is responsive and respectful to the communities with which we work.
 
We partner with community to ensure our policy and delivery programs reflect the characteristics and the needs of a place to achieve maximum impact.
 
Our Responsibilities
 

• The NIAA is responsible for:
• leading and coordinating Commonwealth policy development, program design and implementation and service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• providing advice to the Prime Minister and the Minister for Indigenous Australians on whole-of-government priorities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• leading and coordinating the development and implementation of Australia’s Closing the Gap targets in partnership with Indigenous Australians, and
• leading Commonwealth activities to promote reconciliation.

 
You can read the full list of responsibilities in the Executive Order.
 
Source: Uniting News