This paper provides information on the relationship between income management and the Racial Discrimination Act and the issues that are likely to arise if this question comes before the Australian Human Rights Commission for determination. Income management refers to a policy under which a percentage of the welfare payments of certain people are set aside...

This discussion paper is supplementary to the explanatory paper for the Draft Variation to the Licence Area Plan – Darwin and Katherine Television and Radio – No. 1 of 2011 and the Draft Licence Area Plan – Darwin Television. The sole purpose of this paper is to seek comments on a possible alternative channel allocation...

In Indigenous policy circles there is a desire to lift the educational and employment outcomes of remote Indigenous students, relative to their non-Indigenous peers in the rest of Australia. This paper queries some current policy approaches to these issues and seeks to provide a practical and grounded perspective to education programs in remote Indigenous Australia.

This report has been prepared as a component of the next phase of the Rural-Remote and Indigenous Local Government Program of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG). The aim of the overall strategy is to identify key steps in building the capacity of small rural-remote and Indigenous councils across Australia – and...

This literature review examines the prevention of and response to family violence, focusing on the engagement of Indigenous men in remote communities. This report includes information on: engagement barriers to engaging men service paradigms social exclusion changing the orientation of services to engage and support men exploring the potential role of a men’s space. The...