Existing analysis of the Closing the Gap outcomes is limited by the lack of adequate wage data for Indigenous Australians. This paper attempts to redress this situation by using a geography recently developed by the ABS - Significant Urban Areas - to document the crucial relationships between income, labour force status and education.

Indigenous self-employment has increased substantially in the last two decades. Government organisations and programs that finance and support the success of Indigenous business provide one explanation for this trend.

This paper examines changes in the nature of labour market outcomes for Indigenous Australians.

This paper shows that failure to clearly focus on employment beyond Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) can lead to misleading conclusions about employment growth and the effectiveness of government policy aimed at increasing non-CDEP employment.

Indigenous policy is a complex domain motivated by a range of social, cultural, political and economic issues. The Council of Australian Governments ‘closing the gaps’ agenda for addressing Indigenous disadvantage in Australia now includes six targets with well defined and measurable outcomes for policy action. In this context there is a continuing and pressing need...