As part of its upcoming report ahead of the 2024-25 Budget, Members of the Committee are seeking advice on the housing, and related infrastructure, needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and on the data needed to inform targeted government investment decisions. Equity Economics have been engaged to provide advice on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing data.

Equity Economics, in partnership with the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), undertook an analysis of the gap in health expenditure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In order to calculate the gap, we accounted for the burden of disease, which is more than twice the rate for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population than for the non-Indigenous population.

Equity Economics has undertaken an evaluation assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of activities undertaken by the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) under the Enhanced Syphilis Response (ESR).