An estimated 35 000 fewer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults smoked every day in 2014–15 compared with if daily smoking remained at 2004–05 prevalence. This substantial reduction will lead to thousands of lives saved.

Working paper

The cashless debit card trial in the East Kimberley

4 Dec 2017

Elise Klein,

Sarouche Razi

Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

This paper focuses on the Cashless Debit Card trial in the East Kimberley, Western Australia. The card aims to restrict cash and purchases to curb alcohol consumption, illegal drug use and gambling.

Report

Indigenous population change in the 2016 Census

4 Dec 2017

Francis Markham,

Nicholas Biddle

Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the changing size and spatial distribution of the Indigenous population of Australia, comparing the results of the 2011 and 2016 Censuses.

Report

Trends in Indigenous mortality and life expectancy 2001–2015: evidence from the Enhanced Mortality Database

1 Dec 2017

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

This report examines Indigenous mortality and life expectancy during the period 2001 to 2015, based on evidence from the Enhanced Mortality Database.