Table of contents
Background	7	
	Terms of reference	7
	Indigenous reporting	9	
	The new performance indicator framework	10
The compendium of Indigenous data	19
	Improvements in reporting of Indigenous data	19
	Timeliness	19
	Care in interpreting Indigenous data	21
	Improving Indigenous data	21
EDUCATION
Education preface	22
Measuring the performance of the education and training system	23
School education	25
	Funding	26
	Indigenous full-time students, 2003	26
	Access and equity	28
	Outcomes	28
	References	34
Vocational education and training	35
	Key performance indicator results	36
	References	40
JUSTICE
Justice preface	41
	Indigenous issues	41
	Framework of the justice system	42
	Key indicators of the criminal justice system	42
	Custodial corrections	44
	Community corrections	44
	Juvenile justice	44
	National Information Development Plan	44
Police services	46
	Indigenous staffing	47
	Deaths in police custody and custody-related operations	49
	References	51
Court administration	52
Corrective services	53
	Prison custody	54
	Community corrections	55
	Custody – apparent unnatural deaths	57
	Jurisdictional data	59
	References	60
Emergency management 	61
	References	62

HEALTH
Health preface	63
	Overview of Indigenous health	66
	Selected indicators of health outcomes	71
	Future directions	79
	References	80
Public hospitals	81	
	Separation rates for Indigenous patients	84
	Maternity services – outcomes	89
	Future directions in performance reporting	92
	References	93
Primary and community health	94
	Primary and community health services	95
	Future directions	99
	References	100
Health management issues	101
	Breast cancer	102
	Mental health	103
	Future directions in performance reporting	106
	References	107
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Community services preface	108
	Juvenile justice	110
	References	114
Aged care services	115
	Service overview	115
	Assessment services	117
	Indigenous specific services	118
	Characteristics of older Indigenous people	118
	Access to residential services by different groups	119
	Age profiles can distort observed usage patterns	124
	References	128
Services for people with a disability 	129
	Service use by Indigenous people	131
	References	136
Children’s services 	137
	Access of target groups – representation in services	138
	Future indicator development	142
Protection and support services	143
	Child protection system	144
	Size and scope	147
	Outputs	149
	Supported Accommodation and Assistance Program (SAAP)	154
	Outcomes	160
	References	166
HOUSING
Housing 	167
	Service overview	170
	Roles and responsibilities	171
	Size and scope	171
	Diversity of State and Territory housing assistance operations	175
	Framework of performance indicators	177
	Performance reporting for the State owned and managed 
	Indigenous housing	179
	Commonwealth Rent Assistance	192
	Future directions	200
	References	201
STATISTICAL APPENDIX	202
	Population	203
	Indigenous population profile	205
	Income	205
	Educational attainment	206
	References	208
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