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Torres Strait Islander people

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Torres Strait Islanders
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Strategy

National strategy for food security in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: 2025–2035


Food insecurity has significant impacts on rates of chronic disease and other measures of health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote communities. Many remote communities now experience food insecurity at a much higher rate than Australians as a whole. This strategy identifies seven pillars of food security.
Position paper

The Yidinji proposition


A proposition on climate justice for Australian First Nations and Pacific Islander communities addresses mitigation, adaptation, remediation and transformation. The proposition asserts that communities suffering the most adverse effects of climate change should be represented in decision making by the United Nations and sovereign country agencies and should be partners in the design of policy...
Report

Indigenous housing support in Australia: the lay of the land


This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current Indigenous housing system in Australia to support development of future policies. The research looked at how Indigenous housing is managed, funded and regulated in Australia and ways to support Indigenous Australians in making their own decisions about their housing.
Report

'Are you waiting for us to die?' The unfinished business of Bringing Them Home


This report has found only 6% of the Bringing Them Home report recommendations – made to support Stolen Generations survivors and their families almost 28 years ago – have been clearly implemented. It recommends a National Healing Package of priority changes to enable remaining elderly survivors to live out their days with dignity.
Report

Fighting the tide: encounters with online hate among targeted groups


Online hate is one of the most prevalent forms of digital violence. This report explores encounters with online hate among adults in Australia including the prevalence, nature and impact of online hate among adults who belong to one or more of the targeted groups.