The Australian government will release the second Closing The Gap Implementation Plan alongside the Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peak Organisations (Coalition of Peaks) annual Implementation Plan on Monday in what it describes as an "historic moment under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap".

In a statement, the government conceded that "the gap is not closing fast enough and on some measures it is going backwards".

The new Implementation Plan, which focusses on practical action, "gives purpose and direction to efforts to transform government in line with the National Agreement's four Priority Reforms".

Those reforms include formal partnerships between government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and organisations on policies and programs that have a significant impact on them.

Coalition of Peaks lead convenor Pat Turner AM said the national peak body alliance welcomed the Commonwealth's commitments to accelerate the implementation of the four Priority Reforms in the National Agreement.

"Full implementation of the Priority Reforms is what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people said is needed by governments if we are to improve our life outcomes and close the gap," she said.

"The new funding is also welcome. We have decades of under-investment in our communities and organisations to be addressed and this funding will go some way to overturning that. It is critical that the new investment is delivered in line with the Priority Reforms and through formal partnerships between government and communities and organisations on the ground."

Ms Turner said the Coalition of Peaks annual implementation plan "outlines our responsibilities as parties to the National Agreement on Closing the Gap with governments".

"As a community-controlled structure, our Plan importantly sets out the Coalition of Peaks' obligations under the National Agreement to our community-controlled organisations, our memberships and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country," she said.

The Coalition of the Peaks Implementation Plan is available online.

The Australian Government's Implementation Plan invests $424 million in additional funding to Closing the Gap. New measures in the 2023 Implementation Plan include:

1. $150 million over four years to support First Nations water infrastructure and provide safe and reliable water for remote and regional Indigenous communities through the National Water Grid Fund. This will be targeted at communities that currently do not have access to clean drinking water.

2. $111.7 million Commonwealth contribution to a new one-year partnership with the Northern Territory Government to accelerate building of new remote housing, targeted at addressing the worst over-crowding.

3. $11.8 million over two years for the National Strategy for Food Security in remote First Nations communities. This is about making essential food more affordable and accessible in remote communities.

4. Continued funding of $68.6 million over two years for Family Violence and Prevention Legal Service providers to deliver legal and non-legal support to women and children experiencing family, domestic and sexual violence.

5. $21.9 million over five years to Support Families impacted by family violence and at risk of engaging in the child protection system, through delivery of seven place-based, trauma-aware and culturally responsive healing programs aimed at early intervention and recovery, and keeping families together.

6. $38.4 million over four years to boost On-Country Education for remote First Nations students. This includes greater access to junior rangers and more choice for families of culturally appropriate distance learning.

7. $21.6 million to support quality boarding for rural and remote students for an additional year.

The government said these measures will be designed and delivered in line with the Priority Reforms and through formal partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities, and where support for Aboriginal organisations to deliver the services will be prioritised.

This is on top of the $1.2 billion in practical initiatives being implemented following the October budget.

Minister for Indigenous Australian Linda Burney said a lot of the foundational work has been done over the past two years and "now we can really turn our efforts towards real action and real change".

"We saw the outcomes in the 2022 Closing the Gap Annual Report and know that we need to be doing more as a government," she said.

"This additional funding is a concrete commitment from the Albanese government to prioritise Closing the Gap and see sustained progress over the life of the National Agreement.

"Our measures are going to be more specific and more targeted, making real impacts that complement work underway in states and territories, and back-in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations to lead work in their communities."

Ms Burney said the government was getting better "every day" at working with jurisdictional partners and First Nations communities, and the Implementation Plan represents the government's "commitment to improve life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples".

The plan details each parties' responsibility in the next steps towards achieving the Priority Reforms of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap to support improvement against the socio-economic targets.

In a statement, the government said the whole-of-government approach set out in its plan, "brings together in one place all of the actions that each Department and Agency is taking to achieve the Closing the Gap outcomes", so the government "can be held to account and coordinate with the Coalition of Peaks and our state and territory government and local government partners".

The government Implementation Plan also "accelerates specific actions on the National Agreement's four Priority Reforms to transform the relationship between governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, communities and organisations".

The government said restoring the Closing the Gap statement to its original place at the start of the Parliamentary year demonstrates their "commitment to ensuring the implementation of the National Agreement is front and centre in efforts to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians".

Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians and Indigenous Health, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, said the government's plan, the first under Labor, "will help turn the tide towards more Indigenous Australians living longer, healthier and happier lives".

"The substantial investment in clean drinking water, remote housing and food security will be a game-changer for so many Indigenous Australians who live out in bush communities," she said.

"Together, this comprehensive support will help build stronger families and communities today, and ensure future generations can get the best start to life and achieve their full potential.

"Indigenous Australians know the challenges and opportunities facing them more than anyone else and it is so important that decision-making and ownership is taken over the policies affecting their communities."