Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269618 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014 Health!, Superseded 19/11/2015 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 01/09/2016 Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 |
Definition: | Indigenous Status is a measure of whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin. This is in accord with the first two of three components of the Commonwealth definition. |
Context: | Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples occupy a unique place in Australian society and culture. In the current climate of reconciliation, accurate and consistent statistics about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are needed in order to plan, promote and deliver essential services, to monitor changes in wellbeing and to account for government expenditure in this area. The purpose of this metadata item is to provide information about people who identify as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin. Agencies or establishments wishing to determine the eligibility of individuals for particular benefits, services or rights will need to make their own judgments about the suitability of the standard measure for these purposes, having regard to the specific eligibility criteria for the program concerned. |