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Measurement of Benefits

The ILC plans, monitors and measures its performance based on the financial and non-financial benefits (processes, outputs and outcomes) being achieved with Indigenous people through land acquisition and land management investment. The ILC’s Benefits Framework sets clearly defined guidance to ensure that the collection and use of benefits data is consistent throughout the ILC.

The ILC uses a time-bound approach to benefits. This is consistent with its remit under the Act where benefits are described as long-term improvements in Indigenous wellbeing. In the short-to-medium term, the ILC uses priority outcomes and progress indicators to measure the benefits achieved through ILC assistance. For decision-making purposes, the potential benefits of any ILC-funded project are estimated for three years. For monitoring and reporting of land acquisition projects, benefits are collected for three years after a property’s acquisition. In instances where the ILC has expended substantial money, benefits may be measured over a longer period. Benefits achieved by the Land Management Programme are collected for the duration of the project. In both cases, allowance is made for the emergence of outcomes that had not been projected occurring as flow on from investing in the economic, environmental, social and economic development of Indigenous Australians. Following the review of the NILS in 2012, the Benefits Framework now focuses on two priority outcomes to more closely align achievements with the purpose of the ILC.

This is also consistent with developments in Australian Government legislation which provides a stronger case for the non-financial aspects of ILC performance. The PGPA Act and PGPA Rules provide the parameters for a new framework for performance measurement which the ILC has started incorporating in its planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting mechanisms.

1. See for example ANAO (2013) The Australian Government Performance Measurement and Reporting Framework. 
Report No 28. 2012–13

2. See for example PGPA Act (2013) and the ATSI Act (2006)

3. See for example changes from monthly to quarterly reporting (CMT paper-June 2014) and streamlined Small 
LM application guidelines ( June 2014) in direct response to feedback from stakeholders.