Australian government knows 'very little' about whether money spent on Aboriginal programs works

Productivity Commission report finds evaluation largely lacking of programs costing millions of dollars

The federal government spends tens of millions of dollars on programs meant to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people but still knows “very little” about whether any of them are working, the Productivity Commission has said, in a major new report recommending large-scale reforms.

The commission has recommended the government set up an Indigenous evaluation council, which would be “credible, useful, ethical and transparent” as part of a new government-wide evaluation strategy.

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