First Peoples
Alternative labels
First Nations people
Indigenous
Indigenous peoples
Strategy
Wirkara Kulpa: Aboriginal youth justice strategy 2022–2032
This strategy was developed and led from the outset by the Aboriginal Justice Caucus. This process commenced with a planning workshop in 2018 where the Caucus outlined their aspirations for, and approach to, creating Victoria’s first Aboriginal youth justice strategy.
Report
The engagement of traditional owners in the economic development of northern Australia
A key recommendation in this report is that the Australian government should support initiatives to improve innovative use of land tenure systems across northern Australia and to make land management more effective and beneficial for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Report
Review of the Ministry of Health-funded Rongoā Sector
The rongoā Māori health sector provides a unique, Indigenous health service to New Zealanders, based on mātauranga Māori and Māori approaches to health. This review explores the current state of rongoā services and identifies some challenges it faces.
Journal article
Exploring mental health presentations in remote Aboriginal community controlled health services in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia using an audit and file reviews
This study aims to explore the role of mental health care in remote Aboriginal health services in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and provide a more nuanced understanding of the patients presenting for care, their needs and the clinical response.
Report
Really proper dangerous one: Aboriginal responses to the first wave of COVID-19 in the Kimberley
Undertaken between September 2020 and January 2022, this research project sought to document the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions and other government measures on Aboriginal people in the Kimberley, and how Aboriginal communities and organisations responded to these measures.