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New Research

From crisis to crime: the escalation of civil and family law issues to criminal matters in Aboriginal communities in NSW

10 March 2010The issue of appropriate legal and social supports is critical to the question of Indigenous overrepresentation in the criminal justice system. This article discusses this relationship, arguing that the overwhelming emphasis on communities' criminal law needs distracts from other equally important, though perhaps less urgent, practical concerns.

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.

Family violence, help-seeking and the close-knit Aboriginal community

19 February 2010This paper examines attitudes and experiences regarding help-seeking by Aboriginal people affected by family violence and explores some foundation issues of Aboriginal community and kinship network relationships.

Identifying the risks for Indigenous violent victimisation

15 February 2010The impact of violence on Indigenous people and their communities has been widely documented by government and non-government inquiries, reports and commentaries. This paper summarises the demographic and social factors associated with being a victim of violence.

Indigenous sentencing courts

15 February 2010This brief focuses on Indigenous sentencing courts, which operate in all Australian states and territories except Tasmania.

Native title report 2009

08 February 2010This annual report reviews important developments in native title law and policy each year.
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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.

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.

Indigenous policy

Commentary

Driven into action

23 November 2009In Inside Story, Ian Anderson reviews Peter Sutton’s unsettling account of Indigenous policy, The Politics of Suffering

The next step: a reparations tribunal

13 November 2009For most members of the Stolen Generations, pursuing a civil claim through the courts is technically impossible or simply too painful, writes Robin Banks

Why have a Human Rights Act?

15 October 2009The federal government should act on the Brennan recommendations without delay, argues Robin Banks
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Audio

Three areas of human rights

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05 March 2010Disability and Race Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, looks at three areas of human rights in which the involvement of the Australian Human Rights Commission has played a part in changing the human rights landscape

Departing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma reminisces on his term

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08 February 2010Tom Calma has been the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner with the commission for more than five years. 

Indigenous health

Living on the edge: social and emotional wellbeing risk and protective factors for serious psychological distress among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

04 March 2010This paper has been prepared to generate discussion around the determinants of Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing.

Ovarian cancer in Australia: an overview, 2010

26 February 2010This report provides a comprehensive picture of ovarian cancer in Australia including how ovarian cancer rates differ by age, Indigenous status, country of birth, socioeconomic status and geographical area.

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.

Change the 'lock em up' mentality

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23 October 2009Ted Wilkes, Chair, National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee, speaks about alcohol use in Indigenous Communities and the links between self esteem, substance abuse and incarceration. The Australian Drug Foundation's conference Thinking Drinking 3 held in Brisbane in August 2009, looked at the role of alcohol in entertainment, violence and crime, the night-time economy, marketing, taxation, competition policy, alcogenic environments and more. 9.59 minutes

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.

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.

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.

Indigenous portal

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

Children's Rights Information Network

08 July 2009CRIN is a global network coordinating and promoting information and action on child rights.

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Report on government services 2010
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Events

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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
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ACOSS National Conference 2010: A vote for equity
25 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 26 Mar 2010 - 5:00pm
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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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