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Victorian Aboriginal Affairs Framework 2013-18
Building on the objectives identified in COAG's
National Indigenous Reform Agreement,
the
Victorian Government adopted the Victorian
Indigenous Affairs Framework 2010-13
(VIAF),
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with the goal of creating lasting improvements
in the health and quality of life of Indigenous
Victorians.
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Subsequently the Victorian Aboriginal Affairs
Framework 2013-18
was released. This contains
generational targets for improving Aboriginal
justice outcomes linked to the AJA3. For example
it includes "a commitment to close the gap in the
number of Aboriginal people (youth and adult)
under justice supervision by 2031".
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Other relevant Victorian Government policies
· Victorian Government Aboriginal Inclusion
Framework 2011
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· Mingu Gadhaba: Beginning Together
: the
Department of Justice's Koori Inclusion
Action Plan, which aims to improve access,
participation and effectiveness of justice
programs and services to Koories.
· Meerta Meerta: Corrections Victoria Koori
Education, Training and Employment Strategy
· Strong Culture, Strong Peoples, Strong Families:
Towards a Safer Future for Indigenous Families
and Communities
: a 10-year plan developed
by the Victorian Indigenous Family Violence
Partnership Forum to address family violence in
the Koori community
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124

State of Victoria, Department of Planning and
Community Development, Victorian Indigenous Affairs
Framework 2010 ­ 2013
(2010) 5.
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Ibid 1.
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State of Victoria, Department of Justice, `AJA3', above n
15, 23.
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State of Victoria, Department of Planning and
Community Development, Victorian Government
Aboriginal Inclusion Framework 2011
. <http://www.dpcd.
vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/51615/Aboriginal-
Inclusion-Framework-_7_Nov_2011.pdf> at 15 July 2012.
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State of Victoria, Department of Planning and Community
Development, Strong Culture, Strong Peoples, Strong
Families: Towards a Safer Future for Indigenous Families
and Communities
. <http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/__data/
assets/pdf_file/0018/35523/Final_10_Year_Plan_
Oct08_2nd_Edition.pdf> at 15 July 2013.
· Koori Alcohol Action Plan 2010-20 and the Koori
Suicide Prevention and Response Action Plan
2010-15
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· Koolin Balit: Victorian Government Strategic
directions for Aboriginal Health 2012-22
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· Services Connect ­ the new integrated human
services system and the Human Services
Aboriginal Strategic Framework 2013-15
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· Victoria's Vulnerable Children: our shared
responsibility Strategy.
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This includes
the
establishment of the Commissioner for
Aboriginal Children and Young People
· Wannik and Wurreker Koori education
strategies.
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129

State of Victoria, Department of Health, Koori Alcohol
Action Plan 2010-20
(2011). <http://www.health.vic.
gov.au/aod/pubs/kaap.htm> at 15 July 2013; State
of Victoria, Department of Health, Koori Suicide
Prevention and Response Action Plan 2010-15
(2010).
<
http://docs.health.vic.gov.au/docs/doc/CDB9E9737
F728141CA257A530018EAC8/$FILE/vasprap-action-
plan-2010-15.pdf > at 15 July 2013.
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State of Victoria, Department of Health, Koolin Balit:
Victorian Government Strategic directions for Aboriginal
Health 2012-22
(2012). <http://www.health.vic.gov.au/
aboriginalhealth/koolinbalit.htm> at 15 July 2013.
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State of Victoria, Department of Human Services,
Services Connect: Better Services for Victorians in Need
(2013). <http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/about-the-department/
plans,-programs-and-projects/projects-and-initiatives/
services-connect> at 15 July 2013; Department of Human
Services, Human Services Aboriginal Strategic Framework
2013-15
(2013) <http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/about-
the-department/documents-and-resources/policies,-
guidelines-and-legislation/human-services-aboriginal-
strategic-framework-2013-2015> at 15 July 2013.
132

State of Victoria, Department of Human Services,
Victoria's Vulnerable Children: our shared responsibility
Strategy 2013-22
. <http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/
assets/pdf_file/0010/764281/Victorias_vulnerable_
children_strategy.pdf> at 15 July 2013.
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State of Victoria, Department of Education and Early
Childhood Development, Wannik: Learning Together ­
Journey to Our Future
(2008). <http://www.education.
vic.gov.au/about/programs/aboriginal/pages/wannik.
aspx> at 15 July 2013; State of Victoria, Department
of Education, Employment and Training, Wurreker:
The Message Carriers
(2000). <http://vaeai.org.au/_
uploads/_ckpg/files/Wurreker%20Strategy%202000.
pdf> at 15 July 2013.