Helen Hughes

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Submission to Remote Participation and Employment Servicing Arrangements

This paper argues that inappropriate government policies cause of low remote Indigenous labour force participation and high unemployment

Private housing on Indigenous lands

This paper argues that 'social' housing has failed and private home ownership must be an immediate priority on Indigenous lands; to help kick start home ownership tenants should be offered ownership of their homes at no cost

Indigenous education 2010

Without changes to education policies, 40% of Indigenous students will continue to fail to meet national minimum standards

Revisiting Indigenous education

This paper argues that there is no ‘gap’ between the literacy and numeracy of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students

The bipolar Pacific

The islands of the Pacific are in some cases prsoperous with good economies and education systems while others experience widespread
illiteracy and some of the highest population growth rates in the world

Indigenous education in the Northern Territory

With the numeracy and literacy skills of five-year-olds, ten thousand indigenous teenagers and young men and women are unemployable because of the educational failures of the last decade

Kava and after in the Nhulunbuy (Gulf of Carpentaria) Hinterland

Many Aboriginal communities have welcomed the Australian Government’s ban on the import of kava, as part of the Northern Territory "emergency intervention"

Annals of aid: Vanuatu and the Millennium Challenge Corporation

Helen Hughes and Gaurav Sodhi argue that a new $89 million funding package to Vanuatu provided by the US Millennium Challenge Corporation will do little to address the rampant corruption and economic mismanagement that plague the country

The economics of Indigenous deprivation and proposals for reform

Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are demanding education that will lead to productive employment opportunities with mainstream earnings, decent health outcomes, decent housing and the same security that other Australians enjoy

Papua New Guinea's choice: a tale of two nations

The deep divide between the tiny elite minority in Papua New Guinea who enrich themselves at the expense of the vast majority of ordinary people will continue to grow with disastrous consequences unless the Australian government's new Enhanced Cooperation Programme (ECP) is fully restored and Australian police return to Papua New Guinea

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Default Superannuation Funds in Modern Awards: new inquiry
07 February 2012
The Productivity Commission has been asked to report within 8 months on Default Superannuation Funds in Modern Awards. The inquiry covers the design of criteria for the selection and ongoing assessment of superannuation funds for nomination as default funds in modern awards.
Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access released
13 January 2012

The Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access examines the recent East Asia Summit, bilateral alliances in the Asia Pacific, the future of Timor-Leste, women's participation in peace processes and more.

Read QA online: http://www.aiia.asn.au/qa/qa-vol4-issue1

Review of the Australia Council for the Arts
20 December 2011

Arts Minister Simon Crean has announced an independent review of the Australia Council for the Arts ahead of the development of the nation's first National Cultural Policy in almost 20 years.

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