7B. Table B: Outcome 17

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have access to information and services enabling participation in informed decision-making regarding their own lives

Target 17: By 2026, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have equal levels of digital inclusion

Indicators:

Drivers

  • Levels of digital inclusion among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as compared with other Australians (disaggregated by access, affordability and digital ability)
  • Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households accessing the internet
  • Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accessing the internet (disaggregated by point of access: home, work, school, public access, government shopfront)
  • Frequency of internet access at home in last 12 months (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
  • Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people using internet to access government services for private purposes (e.g. health services, taxation, bill payments, social security payments)
  • Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people employed in media (disaggregated by income levels)

Contextual information

  • Number and location of community broadcast licenses with an Indigenous interest
  • Number and location of broadcast transmitters

Disaggregation:

  • Geographic (jurisdictions, remoteness and other geographic locations available)
  • SES of locality
  • Gender
  • Age group
  • Disability status

Disaggregation Data Develoment

  • Type of media (community-controlled/mainstream media)

Data Development

  • Ongoing development of regional and remote reporting of the Australian Digital Inclusion Index
  • Measures relating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in the media, in particular community-controlled media, including (but not limited to):
    • Number of First Nations media and Community Controlled media organisations
    • Audience growth for First Nations media and Community Controlled media organisations
    • Sources of news content among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
    • Portrayal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in mainstream media
    • Diversity of media content broadcast (including health, education, community service information)
    • Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people work in mainstream media across all levels of media operations (e.g. managers, media practitioners and technical).
  • Percentage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with access to home phone, mobile and/or internet
  • Proportion of regional and remote communities with access to infrastructure to enable broadcast and telecommunication services.
  • Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people receiving digital literacy training by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations
  • Measures relating to proportion of Government communications material produced and distributed by First Nations media organisations (Media buying agencies)]