National Indicator Catalogue (NIC)

Through this Agreement, the Parties commit to working together with Indigenous Australians to Close the Gap in Indigenous disadvantage.

COAG has agreed to the following targets:

1. closing the life expectancy gap within a generation;
2. halving the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five within a decade;
3. ensuring all Indigenous four years olds in remote communities have access to early childhood education within five years;
4. halving the gap for Indigenous students in reading, writing and numeracy within a decade;
5. halving the gap for Indigenous students in Year 12 attainment or equivalent attainment rates by 2020; and
6. halving the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a decade.

Reference: Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on Federal Financial Relations-National Indigenous Reform Agreement

Performance indicator data tables 2010:  Ministerial Council for Federal Financial Relations