The Social Aspects of Mine Closure: A Global Review with an Australian Focus
Seminar
"The excitement and fanfare that surrounds the opening of a new mine is never present when it finally closes" (Laurence 2006: 285). This pragmatic statement frames the challenge for industry, governments and locally-affected-peoples to move from a dominant 'front-end' approach to mining, to more…
The Geographic Divergence of Indigenous Incomes: Census Evidence 2006-2016
Seminar
This seminar presents data from the 2006, 2011 and 2016 Censuses to analyse the distribution of income within the Indigenous population, and between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Particular attention is given to the geographic distribution of Indigenous incomes, poverty and…
Remote Indigenous policy: lessons from the Northern Territory intervention
Seminar
The presentation seeks to articulate a broader analysis of the Northern Territory intervention than is usual, drawing on the emerging literature on political settlements to analyse the interests which shape remote Indigenous policy development, and assess their salience in the lead up to the…
The Intervention, Stronger Futures, and the Cashless Debit Card: A Rights Restrictive Trajectory
Seminar
This paper traces the discursive trajectory of rights restriction under the Northern Territory Emergency Response (the 'Intervention'), the Stronger Futures framework, and the Cashless Debit Card, exploring the interplay between evidence and the requirement that limitations on human rights…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s participation in early childhood education – what can the Census tell us?
Seminar
Abstract Early childhood is a vital stage in human development, and participation in formal early childhood education has been linked to improved wellbeing across various dimensions, including for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Over the last decade, Australian government policy has…
Intervention, competing principles & the individual/communal dimension of Indigenous policy: a conceptual map illustrated by changing Northern Territory Census data in employment and housing
Seminar
This seminar will revisit my triangular conceptual framework for Australian Indigenous policy developed a decade ago. That framework identified three competing principles of equality, choice and guardianship. Equality was identified as the dominant principle at the top and centre of the policy…
Changing patterns of income support receipt among Indigenous Australians, 1994-2015
Seminar
Indigenous people receive a greater proportion of their income from government income support payments than non-Indigenous Australians. Among those on income support, Indigenous people are also more likely to receive working age payments than the non-Indigenous population. Many of the changes to…