Funded by the AMP Foundation, this report explores what programs can usefully be funded to support Aboriginal women and girls to realise their full potential.

This paper outlines the final case study in a research project which examines how international development non-government organisations conduct their work with Aboriginal organisations and communities in Australia. The author was keen to explore how international non-government organisations (NGOs) working with Indigenous communities and community organisations reflected the community development (or bottom–up) approaches which both...

In Australia, community concerns strongly influence the way the minerals industry operates and how governments regulate it. The industry is required to fulfill its formal regulatory conditions (its licence to mine) as well as taking into consideration these community concerns (its social licence to operate). This research explores what it means to hold a social...

This report presents the findings of the fifth Scanlon Foundation Mapping Social Cohesion national survey conducted in June–July 2012. A separate report covers the 2012 local surveys. The reports build on the knowledge gained through the four earlier Scanlon Foundation national surveys conducted in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011, which provide, for the first time...

This report presents speeches from a panel discussion on what the Sydney riot means for Australia's status as a peaceful and harmonious multicultural society. The riot on 15 September in the Sydney CBD by Muslim protestors angry the US film Innocence of Muslims shocked, but perhaps did not surprise, many Australians. For a number of...