Abstract: This article explores the tensions one research team has faced in securing appropriate governance or stewardship (which we refer to as kaitiakitanga) of research data. Whilst ethical and regulatory frameworks exist which provide a minimum standard for researchers to meet when working with Māori, what our experience has highlighted is there is currently a...

Factors influencing obesity are not confined to the health portfolio, argues this paper. Instead the factors occur across portfolios including housing, education, employment, social welfare and community development. Executive summary What is the problem? Obesity rates are higher among Indigenous, compared to non-Indigenous, Australians, and this problem begins in early childhood. If this trend of...

Focusing on how frequently Indigenous status changes across Tasmanian government school enrolment records, this paper investigates the most appropriate decision rules or 'algorithm' to determine Indigenous status for use in analysis and reporting. Summary The purpose of this feasibility study is to investigate the consistency of the reporting of Indigenous status across time, and where...

This paper proposes a new method for organisations to measure their social impact.

Mark McMillan is a senior lecturer at Melbourne Law School, the 2013 NAIDOC scholar of the year, and a board member of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples. Here, he brings his vast experience to bear in examining Indigenous identity and the law. Highlighting the difference between freedoms and protections when it comes to...