Government relations with First Peoples
Alternative labels
Aboriginal Australians government relations
Report
The geography and demography of Indigenous migration: Insights for policy and planning
One of the more consistent findings of census-based analysis is that nationally, Indigenous Australians change their place of usual residence more often than the non-Indigenous population. Between 2001 and 2006, 46.5 per cent of the Indigenous population changed their place of usual residence, compared to 43.1 per cent for the non-Indigenous population. Population movement can...
Report
Reconciling Indigenous peoples' sovereignty and state sovereignty
The concept of ‘shared sovereignty’ is examined as a contribution to the debate on reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada and Australia.
Report
Sustaining at-risk Indigenous tenancies: a review of Australian policy responses
This report describes and reviews all known mainstream and Indigenous-specific specialist tenant support programs operating around Australia.
Discussion paper
Ideology, evidence and competing principles in Australian Indigenous affairs: from Brough to Rudd via Pearson and the NTER
This paper tracks the recent rise of ideology and evidence discourse as a way of describing good and bad Indigenous affairs policy. Expressing dissatisfaction with this discourse, it suggests a slightly more complex analytic way of thinking about Indigenous affairs involving three competing principles; equality, choice and guardianship. The paper suggests that dominant debates in...
Discussion paper
Remote Indigenous broadcasting services: licensing arrangements for radio providers
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released a discussion paper proposing simplified licensing procedures that would apply to remote Indigenous broadcasting services known as 'RIBS radio'. ‘The ACMA identified an opportunity to relieve providers of remote Indigenous broadcasting services of a significant administrative burden. These broadcasters typically serve small and isolated communities in locations...