Torres Strait Islander people
Alternative labels
Torres Strait Islanders
Position paper
Establishment of a National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people
This position paper outlines the core components required for the establishment of a National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people.
Submission
Submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
NACCHO’s submission includes feedback received from their member services, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs), who deliver a range of services in urban, rural and remote communities across Australia.
Website
Timeline of trauma and healing in Australia
This timeline looks at some of the events, trauma and healing that’s taken place in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities over the last two and a half centuries. The dates in this timeline are a selection representing the breadth of events that have occurred. This is not intended to be a complete list.
Article
How can evaluation better recognise Indigenous self-determination?
This article examines the evaluation of policies and programs affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The article shares some of the perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, evaluators and civil servants on how evaluation practice needs to change, consistent with the right of Indigenous self-determination.
Report
Partnering with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations to deliver trusted services with stronger outcomes
This report is the product of roundtable events facilitated by WACOSS and the Noongar Family Safety and Wellbeing Council between April 2018 and May 2019, to build partnership between Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) and Community Service Organisations.