Government relations with First Peoples
Alternative labels
Aboriginal Australians government relations
Report
OCHRE 2024: current status and future direction
OCHRE (Opportunity, Choice, Healing, Responsibility, Empowerment) is the state plan for Aboriginal affairs. This assessment finds that progress on key measures is slowing and in some cases stalling. The review calls for a firm and unequivocal recommitment to OCHRE and makes suggestions towards achieving this.
Briefing paper
Truth and Justice Commission Bill 2024: bill digest
The Bill's purpose is to establish a Commission to inquire into and make recommendations to Parliament on historical and ongoing injustices against First Peoples by the Commonwealth, their impact, and appropriate means of acknowledgement and redress. It responds to the Uluru Statement from the Heart’s call for a Makarrata Commission, but may differ from what...
Discussion paper
Options for a First Nations disability forum
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability recommended establishing a forum through which governments and First Nations people with disability could work together to improve support. This engagement paper provides information about the proposed forum and invites submissions from the public.
Strategy
The national anti-racism framework
A central reference point for a whole-of-society approach to eliminating racism in Australia, this framework will influence all levels of government and community partnerships for the next ten years. Its 63 recommendations outline legislative reform, funding, and the development of national standards and guidelines to actively address the root causes of systemic and structural racism.
Report
Attitudes matter: the 2021 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey
This research report examines the understanding and attitudes of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander respondents regarding violence against women and gender equality. The report highlights the need for culturally safe and appropriate services and justice system responses to violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.