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New Research

Knowledge foundations for the development of sustainable wildlife enterprises in remote Indigenous communities of Australia

15 March 2010This paper addresses issues of complementarity and conflict across Indigenous ecological knowledge and western science.

Indigenous cultural and natural resource management and the emerging role of the Working on Country program

05 March 2010This paper explores government support for Indigenous land and sea management in the context of the current environment agenda.

Framework for measuring wellbeing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2010

05 March 2010This publication describes a framework to map statistical information about Indigenous people, in the context of the interrelationships with their social and physical environments.
The viability of wildlife enterprises in remote Indigenous communities of Australia

The viability of wildlife enterprises in remote Indigenous communities of Australia

26 February 2010Sustainable wildlife enterprises developed for commercial purposes are a potential source of economic and socio-cultural benefit for Indigenous people living in remote locations in Australia.

Hey dad! For Indigenous dads, uncles and pops

08 February 2010This article discusses a program written specifically to help Indigenous men to engage with and understand their children.
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Culture

Indigenous policy

Health impact assessment of the Northern Territory Emergency Response

18 March 2010This report raises serious concerns about the continued future wellbeing of Indigenous children and families under the Northern Territory Intervention. The report assesses the potential health impacts of the Intervention on all aspects of Indigenous health and wellbeing, not just physical health.

Child mortality target: analysis and recommendations

15 March 2010Indigenous children aged 0-4 years die at 3 times the rate of non-Indigenous children. This analysis provides direction to achieve the Government’s commitment to halve the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children by 2018.

Commentary

Windschuttle, again

17 March 2010Keith Windschuttle brings the temperament of a barrister to his latest subject, the stolen generations, writes Dean Ashenden in Inside Story

Silence

27 February 2010In this essay, first published in The Age, Maria Turmarkin explores what being silent or saying something actually means.

Reviewing Indigenous history in Luhrmann’s Australia

04 December 2009Shino Konishi and Maria Nugent survey responses to the film’s engagement with Indigenous history in Inside Story
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Audio

Interview with Michael Dockery on 'Cultural dimensions of Indigenous participation in education and training'

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09 November 2009In this interview, Steve Davis talks with researcher Michael Dockery about his report that explicitly attempts to measure 'cultural attachment' and its relationship with post-compulsory education and training.

Indigenous arts: ethics, rights and the code of conduct

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31 August 2009 This discussion considers how Indigenous artists can engage with the arts industry on an equal footing.

Indigenous health

Cardiovascular medicines and primary health care: a regional analysis

18 March 2010People living in Australia’s regional areas access cardiovascular disease (CVD) medicines at higher rates than people in major cities or remote areas

Video

Bess Nungarrayi Price on the NT Intervention

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15 February 2010Bess Nungarrayi Price, a Walpiri woman from Yuendemu in the N.T. discusses the issues facing her community and explains why she thinks policies such as enforced income management are needed and welcome.

Cultural policy in Australia

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02 November 2009This presentation discusses the implications for an Australian cultural policy.

Housing

Closing the gap: Prime Minister's report 2010

Closing the gap: Prime Minister's report 2010

12 February 2010This is the second report of the federal government's Closing the Gap program to deal with Indigenous disadvantage.

Websites

Bringing Them Home

19 February 2010This website features oral history interviews with people who were involved in or affected by the removal of Indigenous children from their families.

Arts on the Map

02 November 2009Arts on the Map is a new way to see and connect with the people, places and projects suported by the Australia Council across the country and around the world.

ArtsYakka

05 October 2009ArtsYakka is an online resource of practical tools and templates, information and ideas to take some of the 'hard yakka' out of developing community arts.

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Windschuttle, again
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Child mortality target: analysis and recommendations
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Health impact assessment of the Northern Territory Emergency Response
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The future of outstations/homelands
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The Way Forward for Indigenous Health: A Focus on food and Nutrition

Jobs

Events

Seminar
Power and Love: A Theory and Practice of Social Change - Australian book launch, talk, Q&A
24 Mar 2010
Sydney
Conference
Indigenous Land Management with Economic Development
24 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 25 Mar 2010 - 5:30am
Darwin
Conference
ACOSS National Conference 2010: A vote for equity
25 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 26 Mar 2010 - 5:00pm
Canberra

Books

Racial Folly: A twentieth-century Aboriginal family

Racial Folly: A twentieth-century Aboriginal family

  • Gordon Briscoe
  • ANU E Press
A memoir and history of an Aboriginal family living under the race laws, practices and policies of Australia in the twentieth century.
Compelling cultures: representing cultural diversity and cohesion in multicultural Australia

Compelling cultures: representing cultural diversity and cohesion in multicultural Australia

  • Kylie Message, Anna Edmundson and Ursula Frederic
  • ANU E Press
Humanities Research Vol XV. No. 2

Noticeboard

Policy Guides

Indigenous Art and the Law

The project provides a literature review and critically examines existing laws and investigates options for urgently-required developments in the area of arts law as it pertains to Indigenous people and culture.

18-11-09

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