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First Peoples

Policy report

The development and implementation of alcohol policy: anthropological insights on translation from the global (the World Health Organization) to the local (Indigenous Australia)


In this paper, the author explores the challenges of implementing policy advice when moving from the global (in the form of the World Health Organization) to the local (Australian Indigenous communities). The paper also examines change in societal policies, compares experiences across societies, and tracks advances in knowledge of what works in different contexts.
Policy report

Raising the age of criminal responsibility


This briefing from the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service outlines their case for raising the age of criminal responsibility in Victoria.
Strategy

Disability sector strengthening plan


This plan has been developed to support achievement of Priority Reform Two of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap to build the community-controlled disability sector.
Discussion paper

Indigenous nation building and the political determinants of health and wellbeing: discussion paper


This discussion paper sets a framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to take control of their health and wellbeing through nation building.
Journal article

The extent of violence inflicted on adolescent Aboriginal girls in the Northern Territory

Kylie Stothers, Tamika Williams, Steven Guthridge
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are at very high risk of violence, but there is little evidence about the age at which their higher exposure to violence commences. The aim of this study was to investigate violence inflicted on Aboriginal girls during childhood and adolescence, relative to Aboriginal boys and non-Aboriginal girls.