Programs and initiatives

• Alcohol Reforms

  The aim of alcohol reforms is to reduce alcohol-related harm, especially to children, women and other vulnerable community members. This is being achieved through alcohol restrictions, improved services and partnerships between government and community, including support for positive community actions.

• Cape York Welfare Reform

  The state government has committed to work with the federal government, the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership and local leaders on welfare reforms in 4 Cape York communities: Aurukun, Hope Vale, Coen and Mossman Gorge.

• Closing the Gap

  The Queensland Government has released its second 'Closing the Gap' report. The report has information on the gap in life outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders. It also details the Queensland Government's strategies for closing the gap.

• Family Responsibilities Commission

  Quarterly reports and annual reports of the Family Responsibilities Commission.

• Just Futures 2012 - 2015

  The Strategy aims to improve safety in Queensland’s Indigenous communities and reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders in the criminal justice system.

• LEAP: Learning Earning Active Places Strategy

  The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice Strategy 2011-2014 is a 3-year program to reduce Indigenous offending and re-offending in Queensland.

• Reports

  Partnerships Queensland aims to improve the way the state government delivers programs to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in Queensland.

• The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation

  Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation (QATSIF) has been established to serve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders.

• Palm Island Community Company

  In 2005, the Queensland Parliament's Palm Island Select Committee report recognised that there were critical deficiencies in the capacity of Palm Island's non-government sector. The Palm Island Community Company was formed as part of the Queensland Government’s response to the 2005 select committee report.

• Reconciliation

  Reconciliation means different things to different people. To the Queensland Government, reconciliation means acknowledging our history and taking action to build a better future.

• Retail stores

  Information about retail stores in Queensland communities, including opening hours and contact details.

• Wages and savings claims scheme (reparations)

  From the 1890s until the 1970s, many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in Queensland were subject to restrictive legislation that controlled their wages and savings. In 2002, the Queensland Government made an offer to pay reparations payments to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders whose wages and savings were affected by the Queensland Government Protection Acts. This was the first round of the ‘reparations scheme’.