First Peoples
Alternative labels
First Nations people
Indigenous
Indigenous 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
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.