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First Peoples

Report

10 truths about reconciliation action plans


This report outlines findings from a survey comparing the workplace experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across environments with and without Reconciliation Action Plans in place. Participants report more positive workplace experiences where Reconciliation Action Plans are in place.
Report

Fulfilling the promise of Mabo: reforming the future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)


This report follows an inquiry into the future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), which governs how development activities can occur on native title land. It found that the future acts regime is not only unfair and inequitable but key aspects of it are also discriminatory. The report contains 86 recommendations.
Report

Report 1 – Monitoring the prevalence of racism experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, 2019–2021

Katherine Thurber, Emily Colonna, Sarah Bourke, Mikala Sedgwick, Raymond Lovett

This report is part of a project monitoring the prevalence of racism experienced by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adult population. The report finds that for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults nationally during 2019–2021 everyday and health care racism were common. These data can inform government action and future policy responses.
Report

Operationalising Aboriginal land and sea management


This report describes research undertaken to understand the conditions necessary to support scalable, Aboriginal community-led caring for Country. The research explored the alignment of Aboriginal knowledge and management systems with existing policy and land management structures and identified ways to enable caring for Country practices at a landscape-scale across NSW.
Journal article

Healing and trauma services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Kimberley A Jones, Amanda Jones, Helen Kennedy, Nina Levin, Shantai Croisdaleb, Catherine Chamberlain
This review article identifies and describes healing services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people affected by trauma, violence or abuse. Findings provide an evidence-informed framework for designing, delivering and evaluating future services, highlighting the need for Indigenous-led evaluation.