Refers to the origin of the Indicator set and the auspice body responsible for defining the Indicator set. There are four different indicator set types, which are detailed below.
This includes indicators outlined in the Council of Australian government (COAG) Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on Federal Financial Relations relevant to national reporting on health, housing assistance and community services. The overall objective of these agreements is the improvement of the well-being of all Australians.
Each Specific Purpose Payment (SPP) is associated with a National Agreement that contains the objectives, outcomes, outputs and indicators, and clarifies the roles and responsibilities that will guide the Commonwealth and States in the delivery of services across the relevant sectors. COAG agreed to six new National Agreements, the National Healthcare Agreement, National Education Agreement, National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development, National Disability Agreement, National Affordable Housing Agreement, and the National Indigenous Reform Agreement.
Agreements included under this Indicator set include:
National Affordability Housing Agreement
National Disability Agreement
National Healthcare Agreement
National Indigenous Reform Agreement
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has agreed to a new form of payment called National Partnership (NP) payments to fund specific projects and to facilitate and/or reward States that deliver on nationally-significant reforms, such as:
The Review of Government Service Provision was established in 1993 by Heads of government (now the Council of Australian Governments or COAG) to provide information on the effectiveness and efficiency of government services in . A Steering Committee, comprising senior representatives from the central agencies of all governments, manages the Review with the assistance of a Secretariat provided by the Productivity Commission.
The Review aims to:
Two main tasks of the Review, as set out in the original terms of reference, are to:
The Review does not consider policy issues. Rather, it aims to assemble indicators of performance given the existing policy framework of governments. The performance measures established are to assist each government in the formulation of its policy objectives and priorities in the following areas:
This includes indicator sets which do not fit the criteria of the other data specification sets. This may include indicator sets such as the Children’s Headline Indicator set or the Child Protection Framework.