Indigenous
Broad subject area
Report
Careers and aspirations: young Torres Strait Islanders, 1999–2003
Bill Arthur, Josephine David-Petero, Victor McGrath and Elizah Wasaga analyse data from a 2004 reinterview of a survey sample of Indigenous males and females aged between 15 and 24 years in Torres Strait which explores the careers and aspirations of Indigenous young people. The survey was first conducted in 1999.
Submission
Submission to the Review of the viability of creating an Indigenous television broadcasting service
Australians are currently served by two public broadcasting networks. While both the ABC and the SBS have charters that require them to broadcast programs that, in the case of the ABC, “reflect the cultural diversity of the Australian community”, and, in the case of SBS, “contribute to meeting the communications needs of Australia’s multicultural society...
Report
Indigenous health and the treaty debate
Selected papers from the centre's National Forum on Indigenous Health and the Treaty Debate are now available online. Speakers included Olga Havnen, NSW Aboriginal Land Council; Ria Earp, Deputy Director General, Maori Health, Ministry of Health (NZ); Dea Delaney Thiele, National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health; and Fred Chaney AO, Co-Chair, Reconciliation Australia.
Report
Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement user guide for 2001-02 data: public housing and the Aboriginal Rental Housing Program
This document describes the data available in the 2001-02 public housing and Aboriginal Rental Housing Program (ARHP) National Minimum Data set obtained from the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement public housing and ARHP annual data collections. These guidelines set out the technical specifications and major conventions for the handling of data.
Report
Rheumatic heart disease: all but forgotten in Australia except among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
This bulletin describes the population patterns of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia today using data obtained from regional registers and national databases.