Indigenous engagement with vocational education and training (VET) has improved significantly, but successful Indigenous completion rates are lower nationally when compared to the overall population. In this report, based on an action research project, Jo Balatti, Lyn Gargano, Martha Goldman, Gary Wood and Julie Woodlock examine intra-institutional factors at four Queensland TAFE institutes to better...

Developed in conjunction with the Australian Indigenous Training Advisory Council, this research strategy aims to contribute to the achievement of the vision and objectives of Partners in a learning culture: National strategy from 2000 until 2005. This report builds on work about Indigenous engagement with vocational education and training (VET), and the extent VET helps...

In this paper Talina Drabsch provides an overview of some of the key issues involving Indigenous Australians in NSW. Whilst there are many Indigenous cultures within Australia, this paper discusses issues that are generally a common experience for many Indigenous Australians, including health, education, employment, housing, violence, and criminal justice are discussed. This paper also...

If Australia does choose to go down the path of modern treaty-making then inevitably it will be influenced by the opportunities created and the limitations imposed by the native title system, argues Sean Brennan.

When Parliament enacted the Native Title Act 1993 it left fundamental questions to be resolved by the judiciary. High Court decisions in three test cases in 2002 substantially defined the potential of native title. Proceeding on a mistaken view of Parliament's intention, the court confirmed a doctrine of extinguishment highly destructive of the original rights...