Towards a gender-related index for Indigenous Australians
Author/editor: Yap, M, Biddle, N
Paper no: 52
Year published: 2009
In the United Nations Development Programme Gender-related Development Index, Australia ranks in the top five across 179 countries, suggesting that women are achieving similar outcomes to men in life expectancy, literacy and earnings at the national level, and that the loss of human development due…
A regional analysis of Indigenous participation in the Western Australian labour market
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Taylor, J
Paper no: 45
Year published: 2008
Western Australia sits poised to reap huge benefits from a super-cycle of resource exploitation. Labour demand is at an all-time high and challenges in securing an adequate labour supply are already evident. It is ironic then, that the very people whose land base is exploited to generate much of…
Indigenous Participation in Regional Labour Markets, 2001-06
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Taylor, J, Yap, M
Paper no: 288
Year published: 2008
This paper examines the extent to which Indigenous Australians have shared in the large expansion of the Australian workforce that is revealed by a comparison of 2001 and 2006 census results. It considers whether this is reflected in changes to regional patterns of Indigenous labour force status,…
Locations of Indigenous Population Change: What Can We Say?
Author/editor: Taylor, J, Biddle, N
Paper no: 43
Year published: 2008
The ABS 2006 Post Enumeration Survey was extended to include a sample of localities from the whole of Australia, thereby providing an estimate of census net undercount reflective of the enumeration in remote Indigenous settlements for the first time. The results revealed substantial undercounting…
On the move? Indigenous temporary mobility practices in Australia
Author/editor: Prout, S
Paper no: 48
Year published: 2008
A range of Indigenous population dynamics play out underneath the demographic picture that can be constructed from official statistics. Primary among these are temporary mobility practices. Although temporary movements are largely 'uncaptured' by conventional statistical measures, they are…
Ord Stage 2 and the Socioeconomic Status of Indigenous People in the East Kimberley Region
Author/editor: Taylor, J
Paper no: 49
Year published: 2008
The announcement by the Australian and Western Australian governments of funding for Stage 2 of the Ord irrigation scheme brings into focus the role of the Yawoorroong Miriuwung Gajerrong Yirrgeb Noong Dawang Aboriginal Corporation in developing strategic economic development priorities associated…
The entangled relationship between Indigenous spatiality and government service delivery
Author/editor: Prout, S
Paper no: 41
Year published: 2008
The delivery of basic government services to remotely living and frequently mobile Indigenous populations is a highly contentious issue; one which has recently received considerable focus at a Federal policy level. Because of distinct motivations, frequencies, and spatialisation, Indigenous…