Implementation plan by the Australian Government: “Australian Government entities are required to embed the Australian Government Framework for governance of Indigenous data. In response, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has co-designed an implementation plan with Aboriginal and Torres Islander and non-government partners to ensure that First Nations people are afforded the right to exercise ownership and control over Indigenous data.
The Department holds substantial data assets about the Australian population, including data related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people.
The plan aims to build strong governance over the Department’s Indigenous data holdings by implementing actions aligned with the following six goals:
- embed governance of Indigenous data in Department policies and processes
- build and maintain meaningful partnerships with First Nations people, communities and organisations
- develop and implement methods for First Nations people to know what data are held relating to their interests, its use, and how it can be accessed
- build governance of Indigenous data capability for Department staff and First Nations partners
- support and engage in organisational and cultural change to improve governance of Indigenous data across the government
- monitor and evaluate governance of Indigenous data implementation…(More)”
