ATSIC definition

ATSIC means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. ‘CHIP’ means the Community Housing and Infrastructure Program of ATSIC. ‘Commonwealth’ means the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Examples of ATSIC in a sentence

  • The Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly has not emerged under the government’s new arrangements, but is instead a product of longer-term planning and governance structures, including the ATSIC Regional Council model.

  • The Government also states that SRAs are not about placing conditions on the delivery of essential services, nor do they ‘affect Indigenous people’s access to benefits or services available to all Australians.’39 The negotiation of SRAs with Indigenous communities is conducted by different Federal Government departments and coordinated through the ICCs that replaced the ATSIC regional offices.

  • The SRAs in the COAG trial sites were negotiated between the Australian Government, the relevant State or Territory Government, and the local ATSIC Regional Council.

  • Not coincidentally, the Regional Assembly formed out of the structure and personnel of the former ATSIC Regional Council, and was the COAG Trial Site for NSW.

  • In 2004, the Federal Government abolished ATSIC and introduced ‘new arrangements’ in Indigenous affairs, to be managed by mainstream government departments.

  • The Agreement involving the Commonwealth, ATSIC, Queensland Government, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Regional Authority (TSRA) and the Island Co-ordinating Council (ICC) was signed in January 2000 and is for a four year period.

  • Under the Agreement ARHP and ATSIC Regional CHIP funds are pooled from the 1999-2000 financial year and allocated by the AHA Board.

  • TheAustralianGovernmentabolishedATSICin2005,branding it a ‘failure’ in separate, elected representation.65 However, the ATSIC Regional Councils were a crucial party to much agreement-making between Indigenous communities and governments, and to the COAG trials in particular.

  • The ▇▇▇ has an Indigenous board which consists of an independent chair; six members nominated by ATSIC; six specialist members including a New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council representative; and the Chief Executive Officer of the ▇▇▇ who is a non-voting member.

  • The Commonwealth Government disbanded the Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), which featured elected regional councils across Australia and a national representative body.