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Indigenous

Broad subject area
Report

Managing two worlds together - city hospital care for country Aboriginal people


Aiming to improve the experience of health care system for Indigenous people, this project considered Aboriginal patients from rural and remote areas of South Australia and parts of the Northern Territory.
Report

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child safety


This paper presents an overview of the safety and security of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The safety of children is intrinsically related to the security of their families and communities and the accessibility of appropriate support systems. National data show that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, compared with their non-Indigenous counterparts, are...
Report

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services report 2009-10


The rate of access to and utilization of Commonwealth-funded health services in Indigenous communities is measured and presented in this report. The Australian Government supports various service providers who deliver health care aimed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in many locations around Australia. These services include primary health care services, stand-alone substance use...
Report

Indigenous disadvantage: can strengthening cultural attachment help to Close the Gap?


Only a small number of empirical studies in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have examined the relationship between Indigenous people's levels of cultural attachment and their socio-economic outcomes. This paper examines whether strengthening cultural attachment can help reduce Indigenous disadvantage in Australia. Image: Rusty Stewart / flickr
Strategy

Minerals industry: Indigenous economic development strategy


More than 60% of minerals operations in Australia have neighbouring Indigenous communities. The MCA’s vision is a thriving minerals industry working in partnership with Indigenous communities for the present and future development of mineral resources and the establishment of vibrant, diversified and sustainable regional economies and Indigenous communities.