Organisation
Centre for Indigenous Policy Research
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Acronym:
CIPR
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Report
Footprints in Time: Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children – social and emotional wellbeing research report
This report on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth proposes and explores a novel approach to measuring social and emotional wellbeing, inspired by a holistic construct developed by a First Nations scholar-led team.
Evaluation
OCHRE local decision making stage two evaluation: synthesis report
This report describes results from a co-designed outcome evaluation of a local decision-making initiative for Aboriginal communities in New South Wales. The key finding is that it is a valuable policy initiative worth strengthening, with real potential to deliver change. The initiative is a useful step towards the devolution of decision making to communities.
Working paper
Implementing disability policy reform: challenges and opportunities
This paper assesses the risks and opportunities for Indigenous interests embedded in the recommendations of the recent independent review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and makes the case for a comprehensive and proactive response focused on implementation of the proposed reform agenda.
Discussion paper
Governing the pandemic: adaptive self-determination as an Indigenous organisational tool
The authors of this paper argue that capability functioning for adaptive self-determination, which was mobilised by Indigenous organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguably constitutes a public good for the whole nation, not just for Indigenous communities.
Evaluation
Learning on Country Program: progress evaluation report 2.0
This report highlights how a two-way learning approach delivers social, environmental and economic outcomes, on top of improved education results, for remote Aboriginal students.