Discussion paper
Trending up: how clean energy agreement-making in Australia is raising the bar on benefit and co-ownership arrangements for Australian Traditional Owners
The clean energy transition has the potential to be very beneficial for Australian Traditional Owners on whose Country much of it will occur. However, the transition also brings significant risks. This discussion paper on native title agreements relating to renewable energy identifies five factors that are critical to success for Traditional Owners.
Report
Really proper dangerous one: Aboriginal responses to the first wave of COVID-19 in the Kimberley
Undertaken between September 2020 and January 2022, this research project sought to document the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions and other government measures on Aboriginal people in the Kimberley, and how Aboriginal communities and organisations responded to these measures.
Report
A systematic review of self-reported ethical practices in publications of cluster randomised trials conducted in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings
This systematic review describes self-reported ethical practices in research conducted in Australia involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Working paper
Ensuring Indigenous benefit from large-scale renewable energy projects: drawing on experience from extractive industry agreement making
In the coming decades, Australia is set to see a dramatic expansion in renewable energy projects. It is likely that many of these will occur on land subject to Indigenous rights and interests. This paper looks to extractive industry experience in negotiating access and benefit sharing agreements with traditional owners to identify best practice to...
Working paper
Renewable energy projects on the Indigenous estate: identifying risks and opportunities of utility-scale and dispersed models
This paper builds upon previous work in considering the opportunities and risks of renewable energy developments for Indigenous communities in these regions.