This seminar will present an overview of the implications for Indigenous Australians of the 2018/19 Federal Budget, focusing on Indigenous-specific budget announcements but also including general measures that have particular relevance for Indigenous Australians. We will also discuss key policy areas where we believe future budget initiatives to address Indigenous disadvantage should be focused.

Biographies
Danielle Venn is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at ANU. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Melbourne and has previously worked on a range of labour market and social policy issues in academia, government and at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Her current research examines the impact of employment and social policy on the labour market outcomes of Indigenous Australians.

Michael Dillon is a Visiting Fellow at CAEPR. Early in his career, he worked for Aboriginal communities in the East Kimberley and for the Central Land Council in Alice Springs. Later in his career Mike was Chief Executive of the NT Department responsible for local government and remote Indigenous housing, policy adviser to Minister Jenny Macklin, a Deputy Secretary in FaHCSIA, and CEO of the Indigenous Land Corporation. With Neil Westbury, he is the author of Beyond humbug: transforming government engagement with Indigenous Australia (Seaview Press 2007).

Media
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