Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COORDINATOR-GENERAL FOR REMOTE INDIGENOUS SERVICES ACT 2009 (NO. 68, 2009) - SECT 3

                   The object of this Act is to provide for a Coordinator‑General for Remote Indigenous Services, who will monitor, assess, advise in relation to, and drive:

                     (a)  the development and delivery of services and facilities by governments, in each remote location specified by the Minister, to a standard broadly comparable with that in non‑Indigenous communities of similar size, location and needs elsewhere in Australia, including through:

                              (i)  improvements to the coordination of the development and delivery of such services and facilities; and

                             (ii)  reforms to the development and delivery of such services and facilities; and

                     (b)  progress towards achieving the Closing the Gap targets in those specified locations.