Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.

Torres Strait Islander people

Alternative labels
Torres Strait Islanders
Subject Hierarchy
Broader terms
First Peoples
Current term
Torres Strait Islander people
Permalinks
APO URI

ADVERTISEMENT

Report

Beyond behaviour: extending the analysis of school disciplinary absences in Queensland state schools


This report analyses the disproportionate use of school disciplinary absences on First Nations students, students with disability and students living in out-of-home care and the intersection with poverty. It positions the issue as not only a matter for education policy and practice, but one requiring systemic reform, emphasising inequitable system design over individual behaviour.
Report

Counting on connectivity: regional and remote towns research

Scott Winch

This report presents findings from 729 surveys of digital inclusion, communications and media use among First Nations Australians in ten regional towns. It highlights barriers to digital access in rural and remote areas and provides site-specific profiles alongside aggregated analysis. Produced for Closing the Gap Target 17, it contributes to ongoing efforts to measure and...
Strategy

From sorry to action: a plan to act on Bringing them home (2026–2028)


The action plan sets out the policy gaps, priorities and steps needed to advance long-standing recommendations from the 1997 Bringing them home report over the coming two years. It highlights the ongoing needs of Stolen Generations survivors across health, wellbeing, records access, redress, sector sustainability, education and research, that remain unmet.
Report

Snapshot: the impact of Reconciliation Action Plans in 2025


An annual report that measures the impact that organisations with Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs) are having across Australia. The 2025 report shows the growing role of RAPs in driving change across workplaces, institutions and communities.
Report

Footprints in Time: Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children – social and emotional wellbeing research report

Oscar Wycisk, Goeff Buchanan, Eleanor Malbon, Valerie Cooms, Jill Guthrie, Ben Edwards, Pattheera Somboonsin, Mandy Yap

This report on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth proposes and explores a novel approach to measuring social and emotional wellbeing, inspired by a holistic construct developed by a First Nations scholar-led team.