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Social Justice Report 2005

• Community Guide

Chapters

• Recommendations
• Chapter 1 : Introduction
  
• Chapter 2 : Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation - A human rights based approach
  
• Chapter 3 : Progress in implementing the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs - Ensuring the effective participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in decision-making processes 
  
• Appendix 1 : Chronology of events relating to the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs, 1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005
• Appendix 2 : Summary of each ATSIC Regional Plan
  
• Appendix 3 – Summary of obligations agreed in Shared Responsibility Agreements to 30 June 2005
  
• Appendix 4 : An overview of the right to the highest attainable standard of health
  
• Transmittal Letter
• Chapter Summary

Fact Sheets

• 1: Reforms to the Community Development Employment Program
• 2: Shared Responsibility Agreements
• 3: Participation and engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in decision making
• The Indigenous Health Challenge
• Health Fact Sheet 1: The health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• Health Fact Sheet 2: The socio-economic status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• Health Fact Sheet 3: Equality of opportunity and health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Media & launch

• Media Pack
• Speeches, Audio and Podcast from the launch of the Report (31 March 2006)
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Downloads

• Download PDF version of Social Justice Report 2005 (8.76 MB)
• Chapter 1: Introduction (490 KB)
• Chapter 2: Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation - A human rights based approach
• Chapter 3: Progress in implementing the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs - Ensuring the effective participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in decision-making processes
• Appendix 1: Chronology of events relating to the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs, 1 July 2004 - 30 June 2005
• Appendix 2: Summary of each ATSIC Regional Plan
• Appendix 3: Summary of obligations agreed in Shared Responsibility Agreements to 30 June 2005
• Appendix 4: An overview of the right to the highest attainable standard of health
• See also 2005 Native Title Report
  

Transmittal Letter

22 November 2005

The Hon Philip Ruddock MP
Attorney-General
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Dear Attorney

I am pleased to present to you the Social Justice Report 2005. The report is provided in accordance with section 46C(1)(a) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. This provides that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner is to submit a report regarding the enjoyment and exercise of human rights by Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders, and including recommendations as to the action that should be taken to ensure the exercise and enjoyment of human rights by those persons.

The report analyses the current approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and proposes a campaign to achieve equality in health status (Chapter 2 and Appendix 4) and considers the initial impact of the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs (Chapter 3 and Appendices 1, 2 and 3).

The report includes five recommendations and also identifies five actions that I will continue to monitor over the coming year.

I look forward to discussing the report with you.

Yours sincerely

Tom Calma

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Social Justice Commissioner