Good quality Indigenous early learning and care can ameliorate the significant health, social, economic and political disadvantages experienced by Indigenous people in Australia. Successful programs and services include those which emphasise the importance of Indigenous history and culture, Indigenous community control, and respectful supportive relationships between Indigenous and non- Indigenous people in order to provide...

The paper describes sources of data on victimisation, noting the gaps in data on Indigenous status and victimisation types, and arriving at trends in Indigenous violent victimisation. It identifies factors that act individually or collectively to increase victimisation, and makes some recommendations about addressing these risks.

This paper attempts to identify Commonwealth expenditure in the area of Indigenous affairs over the 40 years from 1968 to 2008 and to plot that expenditure by agency.

The terms social exclusion and social inclusion originated in Europe (especially France) and were intended to provide a contrast to the notion of poverty which focussed excessively on the lack of money at a particular point of time, rather than the dynamic social processes that perpetuate the lack of social participation and contribution to the...

SNAICC Policy Paper on how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have the right to develop their own community services. Outlines the important roles non-Indigenous services can play in developing programs that respect cultural rights and identity and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community organisations.