Aboriginal people (Australia)
Alternative labels
Aboriginal Australians
Working paper
Mapping the digital gap - background paper: project objectives, context and methods
The 'Mapping the Digital Gap' project involves working with remote First Nations communities to measure and track changes in digital inclusion levels and media use within each community over three years, from 2022–2024. This working paper sets out the project’s approach, covering its main objectives, policy and research context, methodology and research sites.
Strategy
Aboriginal Employment Strategy 2019-2025: refresh 2022
The Aboriginal Employment Strategy 2019-2025 provides New South Wales public sector agencies with the best practice, connections, information, and resources to drive Aboriginal employment outcomes and priorities. The strategy was first developed in 2019, and was refreshed in 2022 to mark the mid-way point of the strategy's lifespan.
Policy report
The development and implementation of alcohol policy: anthropological insights on translation from the global (the World Health Organization) to the local (Indigenous Australia)
In this paper, the author explores the challenges of implementing policy advice when moving from the global (in the form of the World Health Organization) to the local (Australian Indigenous communities). The paper also examines change in societal policies, compares experiences across societies, and tracks advances in knowledge of what works in different contexts.
Journal article
The extent of violence inflicted on adolescent Aboriginal girls in the Northern Territory
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are at very high risk of violence, but there is little evidence about the age at which their higher exposure to violence commences. The aim of this study was to investigate violence inflicted on Aboriginal girls during childhood and adolescence, relative to Aboriginal boys and non-Aboriginal girls.
Report
Development of options for a South Australian Aboriginal children and families peak body: final report
This report finds that genuine engagement with a broad range of stakeholders will be a crucial determinant of any peak body’s effectiveness and the degree to which it encapsulates the needs and priorities of Aboriginal children, families, and communities across South Australia. Engagement is also necessary to fully reflect Aboriginal people’s right to self-determination through...