Community development
Report
Alternate development for Indigenous territories of difference
The Indigenous estate, the assemblage of Indigenous lands held under a diversity of land rights and native title regimes now covers an estimated 1.7 million sq kms or 22 per cent of continental Australia. For a variety of reasons, including a restricted common property regime that is the dominant form of land tenure and remoteness...
Discussion paper
A register-based census: what is the potential for New Zealand?
Some countries, including Finland and Denmark, are now conducting their population censuses using administrative data registers rather than a nationwide survey of households.
Policy
The people of Australia – Australia's multicultural policy
The People of Australia – Australia's Multicultural Policy was launched on 16 February 2011 by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, the Hon Chris Bowen MP, and reaffirms the importance of a culturally diverse and socially cohesive nation.
Report
Community policing in Australia
An overview of what is currently known about community policing in Australia. Topics covered include: Community Policing – the Australian connection The changing nature of communities: Implications for police and community policing A new movement in community policing? From community policing to vulnerable people policing Community policing in culturally and linguistically diverse communities Community policing...
Report
Gentrification and displacement: the household impacts of neighbourhood change
This report looks at three main questions: How much gentrification has actually taken place over the last decade and how much household displacement has occurred as a result of the loss of affordable housing? What are the social and economic costs to communities and to low-income households in these neighbourhoods, either as they are displaced...