Day 2 Agenda
9:00am - 5:00pm
8:30 REGISTRATION, COFFEE AND NETWORKING
9:00 WELCOMING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
Paperbark Woman
9:10 KEY NOTE:
Addressing Indigenous disadvantage, a national responsibility
requiring the committment of all Australians
• Building new partnerships with Indigenous Australians
• Developing mutual respect, resolve and responsibility
• Coordinating a whole-of-government approach
Minister for Local Government and Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, QLD
9:50 OVERCOMING INDIGENOUS DISADVANTAGE:
KEY INDICATORS 2009
• Outcomes from the report to COAG by the Steering
Committee for the Review of Government Service
Provision
Productivity Commission
10:30 MORNING TEA AND NETWORKING
11:00 RE-ENGAGING DISENGAGED INDIGENOUS
YOUTH IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
• Finding connections that are meaningful to young
Indigenous people from rural and remote communities
• The role of case management in ensuring success
• Raising the level of conversation
Catherine O’Sullivan, QLD State Manager
Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations, QLD
11:40 YUMI WAY – EDUCATION SERVICE DELIVERY
IN THE TORRES STRAIT
that denotes the collective of people. The emphasis in
this context is one of inclusivity between community and
government (whole-of-government and community).
This case study will specifically discuss:
Tagai State College on Thursday Island, which is:
• Currently in its’ third year of operation, data is showing
a steady improvement across all year levels in literacy
and numeracy, attendance and retention
• Presently catering for 1700 students from pre-prep
to Year 12 and TAFE, over 17 campuses
Ned David, Chair
Torres Strait Island Regional Education Council
12:20 LUNCH
and longevity in schools : Culturally
appropriate reforms in service delivery
• Providing a platform for increased direction
and opportunities in later life
• Tailoring the curriculum to the cultural needs
of indigenous students
• More effective distribution of resources in rural
and remote schools
• Indigenous students achieving outcomes comparable
to other students
Tobias Nganbe, Head of Culture and Community,
Wadeye School, NT
2:10 BRIDGING THE GAP: REFORMS IN EDUCATION IN
RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS
underperforming indigenous schools in WA
• Crafting a prescription for improvement in
indigenous school service delivery
• Providing insight into Indigenous education patterns
Rod Lowther, Director, Schools Review
Department of Education and Training, WA
2:50 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
3:20 RE-INTEGRATION OF INDIGENOUS PRISONERS
INTO SOCIETY – RURAL AND REMOTE
PROBATION AND PAROLE SERVICE
during and after sentences
• Up-skilling offenders
• Addressing their criminogenic behaviour
• Re-establishing links with family and the community
Michael Stubbins, Director, Indigenous
Coordination, Probation and Parole
Queensland Correctional Services
4:00 SPECIAL ADDRESS:
INDIGENOUS CRIME RATES: IMPROVING
JUSTICE OUTCOMES THROUGH ALOCOHOL
ABUSE PROGRAMS
participation by Indigenous defendants and their
elders in judicial processes
• Blending Aboriginal custom and culture with the
Anglo Australian legal system
• Tailoring sentences to the cultural needs of
Indigenous offenders
Magistrate Howard Osborne, Magistrates Court
Department of Justice and Attorney General, QLD
4:40 CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
