This is the first report against the refined set of indicators endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council in 2000, and the fourth time that all jurisdictions have reported against a set of national performance indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. AHMAC produces these reports in order to inform policy makers and...

This paper discussed a range of issues raised by the government's announcement in April 2004 that it would abolish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, and the Labor opposition's announcement a few weeks earlier that it would do likewise in government. They provide a brief history of the administration of Indigenous affairs before ATSIC...

It is now some time since the initial phase of land rights legislation and native title law emerged in Australia. Talina Drabsch provides an overview of the current status of the relationship between Indigenous Australians and land in New South Wales, as expressed in legislation and in recent decisions of the High Court.

Under the Council of Australian Governments' Reconciliation Framework, a new way of doing business in partnership with Indigenous communities is being trialled in ten Indigenous communities across Australia including the Indigenous community in the ACT, under the Indigenous Community Co-ordination Pilots. An Indigenous school is a viable option for consideration in the context of the...

Remote Indigenous communities are under increasing pressure to share responsibility for community well-being and capacity building. Their challenge is to achieve social and economic sustainability without losing core values of Indigenous law, culture and language. Education, training and employment are essential elements to this future scenario. This report is based on a study of a...