The idea of representation in the Whitlam vision of Indigenous administrative participation
Seminar
Gough Whitlam reflected in 1985 that one of the ways he had sought as Prime Minister to advance Indigenous self-determination was ‘through improvements in the quality of Aboriginal administration and representation’. This seminar seeks to tie down the idea of representation in the Whitlam vision of…
Launch of the ANU Women in Indigenous Policy and Law Research Network (WIPLRN)
Activity
Inaugural ANU Women in Indigenous Policy and Law Research Network (WIPLRN) talk and morning tea. The Network was launched by Honourable Linda Burney MP who shared her views on matters related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs with a focus on topics which needs particular…
Mapping the Indigenous Economy
Seminar
The ANU has entered into a collaborative partnership with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Macquarie Dictionary Publishers to produce a second edition of the Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia (Arthur and Morphy 2005). This seminar presents some preliminary maps on the Indigenous…
Bureaucratic ritual at the frontiers of the labour market
Seminar
In 2011 the then Labor Government announced that it would be reforming labour market programs operating in remote Australia to make them more community driven and better adapted to the diverse circumstances of remote Australia. The result was the Remote Jobs and Communities Program (RJCP) which…
Considering Indigenous representation and recognition in public sector bureaucracies: implications and challenges
Seminar
This seminar will consider the findings of two studies of the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in Australian government bureaucracies by Elizabeth Ganter (2016) and Julie Lahn (2018). The studies point to similar issues for jurisdictions intent on hiring…
‘Way off the cultural governance now’: How public administration practice is reshaping the relationship between an Aboriginal service provider and its communities in the Kimberley.
Seminar
Since the abolition of ATSIC in 2004/5 the Indigenous policy space has encountered new public management practices of market competition to a far greater degree than before. Service providers favoured by mainstream government tendering and contracting processes have often been large non-Indigenous…
Indigenous engagement: context and competence, systems, integration and sustainability
Seminar
In 2016, AIATSIS and PM&C partnered in producing Core, an online program in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Learning for all Commonwealth staff. Fundamental to the course is the idea that before government staff can be helpful, they must understand the social, political,…