Torres Strait Islander people
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Torres Strait Islanders
Report
Domestic violence in regional Australia: a literature review
Aiming to consolidate and enhance the understanding of domestic violence in regional, rural and remote communities, this report reviews existing national and international research on the issue, including some analysis of data from the Supported Accommodation Assistance Programs.
Discussion paper
If it wasn't for CDEP: a case study of Worn Gundidj CDEP, Victoria
The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) is a scheme where working age Indigenous people forgo their welfare payments to take up employment in their local Aboriginal community organisation. This case study discusses a corporate or regional CEDP scheme called Worn Gundidj, located in Warrnambool, Victoria. Attitudes of participants and staff towards CDEP, the work programs...
Working paper
The relative social and economic status of Indigenous people in Bourke, Brewarinna and Walgett
This profile of the relative social and economic status of Indigenous people in Bourke, Brewarrina and Walgett in New South Wales was prepared to inform discussions which will explore solutions to pressing social and economic problems facing Indigenous communities in these three towns. The focus is on those aspects of social and economic life in...
Working paper
Housing and infrastructure for Indigenous Australians
This paper concentrates housing and infrastructure for Indigenous Australians during the period since the 1960s and on the northern parts of Australia.
Report
Bringing them home: report of the national inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families
First published in 1997, this report has formed the basis for the Australian Government's 2008 apology to the Stolen Generations of Aboriginal people taken from their families.