Indigenous
Broad subject area
Report
A national COVID-19 pandemic issues paper on mental health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
This report calls for a coordinated response based on best practice research in Indigenous psychology and mental health.
Journal article
Why is influenza vaccine uptake so low among Aboriginal adults?
This article explores the major barriers to, and facilitators of, influenza vaccination of Aboriginal adults, in order to improve coverage from the current level of 30%.
Report
A report on engagements with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to inform a new national agreement on Closing the Gap
This report reflects on what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people told the Coalition of Peaks and Australian governments what should be included in a new, national agreement on Closing the Gap.
Article
Closing the Gap measures need to be changed to improve outcomes. Here’s how
This article explores how to better address the missed targets in the 2020 Closing the Gap Report.
Article
Enforcing assimilation, dismantling Aboriginal families: a history of police violence in Australia
The history of policing in Australia helps explain some of the dynamics at play in the Black Lives Matter and First Nations Deaths in Custody movement in Australia and a growing push for alternative models of policing.