In this report Jon Altman seeks to explore the ramifications of the Native Title Act Reform Bill, a private senator’s bill introduced by Senator Rachel Siewert of the Australian Greens. The Bill seeks to amend the Native Title Act 1993 (NTA) to effect reforms that target two key areas for native title claimants: the barriers...

This report explains the activities of the Australian Human Rights Commission over the past year. It covers issues such as discrimination, children in detention and indigenous disadvantage. The Annual Report of the Australian Human Rights Commission for the period ending 30 June 2011 has been prepared pursuant to section 45 of the Australian Human Rights...

The Indigenous Economic Development Strategy 2011–2018 sets out a long-term agenda for Indigenous economic participation that will guide government decision-making and program development through to 2018.

Only a small number of empirical studies in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have examined the relationship between Indigenous people's levels of cultural attachment and their socio-economic outcomes. This paper examines whether strengthening cultural attachment can help reduce Indigenous disadvantage in Australia. Image: Rusty Stewart / flickr

Disease and mortality rates, as well as other health and welfare indicators, are often used to evaluate the performance of government and community programs aimed at improving the health and welfare of the population. This involves comparing event rates for different populations over time or examining the trends in a particular population over time. Populations...