This paper explores the critical role that data can play in development scenarios when Aboriginal people are in control of collecting, managing and interpreting data.

The Northern Territory National Emergency Response Intervention (the Intervention) of 2007 was a bold experiment by the Howard Government. The Intervention was developed quickly without comprehensive policy development based on evidence or consultation. During its five-year statutory life (ending August 2012), the absence of coherent policy logic has seen the Intervention fundamentally reframed by the...

This paper provides a contemporary overview of the changing size and composition of Australia's Indigenous population. The paper is structured around six key demographic and geographic features of the Indigenous population: Age structure: The Indigenous population is relatively young; Population change: The Indigenous population is increasing at a much faster rate than the non-Indigenous population...

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework looks at the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, which is improving for a number of measures, although there remain many areas where further concerted effort will be needed to achieve improvements in health outcomes. The HPF was designed to measure the impact of...

This report evaluates how effectively New Income Management was rolled out in the Northern Territory.