Australian Social Inclusion Board Priorities

The Board’s priorities for 2012- 2013 include three new priority areas:

• providing advice to Government on how it can best respond to the emerging issue of older women and homelessness;
• providing advice to Government on approaches that may improve employment outcomes for very disadvantaged Job seekers; and
• consolidating the body of knowledge around improving the financial capability of disadvantaged Australians.

The Board will also continue its current work on:

• service delivery reform and how services can meet the needs of the most disadvantaged;
• measurement and reporting of social inclusion indicators; and
• place-based interventions to assist disadvantaged people (through the National Place-Based Advisory Group).