Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt says monitoring the effectiveness of programs and understanding what is working is essential to informing policy development.Mr Wyatt, who has overseen the overhaul of Closing The Gap targets – the nation's attempt to bridge disadvantage between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians – said the government would consider the report.
"For decades, there have been calls to better understand how policies and programs are affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. But the reality is that evidence about what works and why remains thin," the report said. Commissioner Romlie Mokak said policies and programs affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were not working as well as needed.
"Evaluation can play an important role filling this gap but regrettably it is often an afterthought and of poor quality," she said. "Importantly, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are rarely asked about what or how to evaluate, or what evaluation results mean." Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation said the development of such a strategy was an opportunity to set minimum standards specific to the evaluation of Indigenous policies and programs.
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