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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.
Demography as destiny: Schooling, work and Aboriginal population change at Wadeye

Demography as destiny: Schooling, work and Aboriginal population change at Wadeye

05 March 2010Recent Commonwealth Treasury intergenerational reports have failed to consider the very different challenges that arise for the Indigenous population as a consequence of demographic ageing.

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.
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.

Social justice report 2009

08 February 2010  The Social Justice Report 2009 focusses on three themes: justice reinvestment to reduce Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system; the protection of Indigenous languages; and sustaining Aboriginal homeland communities.
Report on government services 2010

Report on government services 2010

01 February 2010Governments spent over $136 billion on the services covered in this year's report, equivalent to around 13 per cent of Australia's national income.
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Culture

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.

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

Positive not punitive the best approach

05 October 2009Just getting an Indigenous child inside the school gate does not mean the problem is solved, writes Chris Sarra in The Australian
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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.

Noel Pearson at the Brisbane Writers Festival

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07 October 2009A powerful speech from Cape York Indigenous leader, thinker and activist Noel Pearson.

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

Linking census records to death registrations, Mar 2010

15 March 2010This paper builds on other papers already released about the Indigenous Mortality Quality Study, by elaborating on the probabilistic data linking methodology used to link the Census and death records.

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.

The professor

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09 October 2009This episode explores Marcia Langton's life and career and examines the influences and experiences that have shaped her.

Housing

Websites

Indigenous Vocational Education and Training

15 March 2010 The purpose of this resource is to provide a simple summary of NCVER's statistics and research on Indigenous Australians and vocational education and training (VET).

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.

Indigenous portal

21 September 2009The Indigenous portal provides up to date information on programs and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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The future of outstations/homelands
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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

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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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