Self-determination
Alternative labels
Self rule
Transcript
A transcript of Professor Ken Smith's speech at the Indigenous Affairs and Public Administration conference
The full text of ANZSOG Dean and CEO Professor Ken Smith’s speech at the opening dinner for The Indigenous Affairs and Public Administration: Can’t we do better? Conference. The conference is a joint initiative of ANZSOG and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), held in Sydney on October 9 and 10, 2017...
Strategy
Korin Korin Balit-Djak: Aboriginal health, wellbeing and safety strategic plan 2017–2027
Korin Korin Balit-Djak is guided by the government's vision to achieve optimum health, wellbeing and safety for all Victorians so they can live the life they value. It aligns with the department's strategic directions and aspires to address, and ultimately eliminate, systemic racism within the Victorian health and human service sectors.
Submission
Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into the incarceration rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
NAAJA's submission paper to the Australian Law Reform Commission is written with a focus on a Northern Territory-specific context and to highlight issues and make recommendations based on their authority led by an Aboriginal board and are consistent with their commitment to cultural competency.
Working paper
The comparative wellbeing of the New Zealand Maori and Indigenous Australian populations since 2000
This paper argues that Indigenous economic wellbeing can be partly improved by addressing broader macroeconomic factors. However, institutional differences, cultural contexts and other societal factors are probably more important for explaining country-specific differences in observed trends in other measures of wellbeing such as psychological distress, incarceration rates and even suicide.
Submission
Submissions on care and protection
These NAAJA submissions respond to topics 1–11 identified by the Royal Commission in its call for submissions on care and protection of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory.Given that the overwhelming majority of families involved with child protection services are Aboriginal, the new paradigm must be Aboriginal-centric and Aboriginal-controlled at all levels.