First Nations stakeholders point towards this development as an important case study illustrating the possibilities for addressing racism in Australia and noted that AHPRA is now looking to build on this work to focus on antiracism approaches more closely.86 4.4.3 Other insights The recently released Study Report on the Review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap largely supports the key findings of this report as they relate to First Nations peoples. Findings of a lack of funding to conduct monitoring and evaluation; lack of clarity on how to operationalise anti-racism in the public sector, and inadequate processes of accountability for addressing racism and discrimination work are echoed across work in First Nations policy more broadly.87 4.5 Government grant funding to community sector Governments at all levels provide funding through grants programs to non-government organisations and other tiers of government. This ranges from multi-year grants funding to ad hoc funding for shorter periods of time. Based on advice from the Race Discrimination team and participants who took part in the interviews for this research and using the Australian Government’s Grant Connect website, the focus here is on community grants programs provided by the following federal departments: • Australian Sports Commission • Department of Home Affairs • Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet • National Indigenous Australians Agency • Department of Social Services • Department of Education • Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, and • Attorney General’s Department. No central option for researching state and territory or local government grants funding into the community sector was available, limiting the ability to identify relevant community grants at those levels. The Australian Sports Commission and departments of Home Affairs, Social Services and Education appear to provide the most directly relevant community grants aimed at addressing racism in Australia. However, it must be noted that the focus remains on 86 First Nations stakeholder. Australian Government | Productivity Commission (2024) Review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap report, accessed 28 January 2024 87 46