The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Australian Government, providing comments on the native title payments discussion paper, Optimising Benefits from Native Title Agreements. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner has produced 15 Native Title Reports which include analyses and recommendations on the operation of the native...

Corruption and anti-corruption theory has already been applied to the problems of policing in a multicultural society in Britain and Australia. What can it tell us about the problems facing policing in Australia's remote indigenous communities? There are various conceptions of corruption in the literature and legislation, but there is a strong argument that over...

On 26 February 2009 the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made his first annual statement to Parliament on the Australian Government's Closing the Gap strategy, outlining whole-of-government objectives and strategies. That statement was supported by a booklet outlining the whole of government approaches to Closing the Gap, as well as detailing National Partnerships and engagement with...

This report takes a closer look at Indigenous Supported Accommodation Assistance Program clients including the reasons why they seek support, what they needed and received while supported, and what their outcomes were.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples make up a significant proportion of Supported Accommodation Assistance Program clients. This report takes a closer look at...

A central theme in this research is the meaning of home ownership to Indigenous people living on communal title lands as opposed to those living on non-communal title lands. Communal title lands are popularly perceived to occur in remote Indigenous settlements, where lands are jointly held in some form of a trust to the broader...