Current policy and operating context: African Australians - Compendium (2010)
2010 - African Australians: human rights and social inclusion issues project
A compendium detailing the outcomes of the community and stakeholder consultations and interviews and public submissions
3 Current policy and operating context
There are a number of important current policy and legislative developments that impacted on the project.
In summary, key recent developments include:
- recommendations from the National Human Rights Consultation Report
- federal government's social inclusion agenda
- National Compact
- work of the Australian Social Inclusion Board
- establishment of the Australian Multicultural Advisory Council
- ongoing development of the federal multicultural policy
- evaluation of National Action Plan to build on Social Cohesion, Harmony and Security
- current anti-racism research and initiatives
- increase in numbers of humanitarian entrants
- Report of the Working Party on Settlement Issues - announcement of Strategic Settlement Framework
- Commonwealth-State Working Party on Skilled Migration
- National Action Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and 黑料情报站
- National Women's Health Policy Discussion Paper and Consultations
- Australian Citizenship Amendments
- review of Adult Migrant English Program
- establishment of Council for Immigration Services and Status Resolution
- Increase in government scholarships to international African students
- federal government's National Partnership Agreement on homelessness
- Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth's inquiry into homelessness legislation
- federal government's National Homelessness Research Agenda 2009-2013
- federal government's Housing Affordability initiatives
- federal Government's Social Housing initiative
- Access to Justice Taskforce's Report