Indigenous
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Prison populations and correctional outlays: the effect of reducing re-imprisonment
Modest reductions in the rate at which offenders are re-imprisoned would result in substantial savings in prisoner numbers and correctional outlays, according to this report. At present 58 per cent of all persons given a prison sentence are re-imprisoned at some later point in time. For those who are re-imprisoned, the average time to the...
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The state of the world's Indigenous peoples
This report on the state of the world's Indigenous peoples reveals alarming statistics on poverty, health, education, employment, human rights, the environment and more.
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Living on the edge: social and emotional wellbeing risk and protective factors for serious psychological distress among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
This paper has been prepared by the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA) to generate discussion around the determinants of Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB), and to provide a range of recommendations for addressing the current gap in social and emotional wellbeing between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The paper concludes with a number of recommendations...
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Reviewing Indigenous history in Luhrmann’s Australia
Shino Konishi and Maria Nugent survey responses to the film’s engagement with Indigenous history on Inside Story.
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Early vocational education and training programs for young Aboriginal learners
The perceptions of students, school and TAFE staff involved in V Tracks, an early intervention program for Aboriginal school students are explored in this paper. Image: V Tracks banner