Current governance structures in remote Aboriginal communities are in urgent need of reform. In this paper, John Cleary argues that the Northern Territory Government’s plan for Regional Shires is a step in the right direction, but we must be very clear about what is not working and how the new Shires will work. He supports...

This report sheds light on what existing strategies and programs have been adopted by 17 national sporting organisations, federal and state governments, various non-government sporting agencies and human rights institutions to combat racism within sport.

This study provides an up-to-date picture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s access to major health programs. It also considers a range of Australian government initiatives that have been implemented since the submission of an earlier report on Indigenous access to Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

This paper is based on the minutes taken during extensive consultations with urban, regional and remote Indigenous communities across Australia during 2003-04 for Footprints in Time - the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children.

The following report documents the growing up stories provided by people in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area during the trial phase of the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. The trial is designed to assist the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) develop a national ‘Footprints in Time’ Longitudinal...