Description

This Annual Report details South Australia’s progress on the National Agreement and Implementation Plan. It draws on the Productivity Commission’s most recent Closing the Gap Annual Data Compilation Report (July 2022) and reports on SA’s efforts in 2021–22 across the 4 Priority Reform areas and 17 socio-economic outcomes and targets.

Attachment A details the progress status of all actions included in SA’s Implementation Plan. Of the 254 actions:

• 36 have been completed
• 203 are in progress (172 on track and 31 delayed)
• 12 have not yet commenced (1 has been delayed, and 11 are not yet due to have commenced)
• 3 are no longer being progressed.

The South Australian Government has focussed on establishing structures that support the reforms set out the National Agreement, acknowledging that progress in 2021-22 has been limited. However, the approach in SA has been considered, iterative and genuine, acknowledging where past efforts have fallen short, learning from mistakes, and building trust.  Efforts have been made to lay solid foundations for the genuine partnership encapsulated in Priority Reform 1. A key action delivered under the Implementation Plan is the newly signed Partnership Agreement between the South Australian Government and South Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation Networks (SAACCON) entered into on 10 November 2022.