Torres Strait Islander people
Alternative labels
Torres Strait Islanders
Working paper
The comparative wellbeing of the New Zealand Maori and Indigenous Australian populations since 2000
This paper argues that Indigenous economic wellbeing can be partly improved by addressing broader macroeconomic factors. However, institutional differences, cultural contexts and other societal factors are probably more important for explaining country-specific differences in observed trends in other measures of wellbeing such as psychological distress, incarceration rates and even suicide.
Discussion paper
Water, sanitation and hygeine in remote Indigenous Australia: a scan of priorities
This discussion paper presents a scan of the current status of water, sanitation and hygiene services and challenges in remote Australian Indigenous communities.
Discussion paper
Emerging strategic issues in native title: future political and policy challenges
The emergence of public policy for native title over the past quarter century, built on a complex array of conceptual foundations which derive from Indigenous tradition, the common law, statute law, anthropology, history and politics, invites the question: what next?
Fact sheet
The Indigenous business factsheet
There are an estimated 2.1 million businesses in Australia and between 12,000-16,000 of these are Indigenous-owned.
Journal article
Improving preventive health care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary care settings
Preventable chronic disease is the largest contributor to the health differential between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, but recommended best-practice preventive care is not consistently provided to Indigenous Australians.