The development of sustainable wildlife enterprises in remote Indigenous communities of Australia: A case study
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This seminar examines the viability of a wildlife enterprise in Maningrida that targets animal three species for commercial sale: saltwater crocodiles, northern long-necked turtles and tarantula spiders. Whilst the crocodile and turtle industries are well established, the tarantula spider industry…
Indigenous children’s literacy and schooling: A case study of a contemporary Orang Asli community in Malaysia
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The Orang Asli or literally translated as ‘Original People’ are the Indigenous minority community of Peninsular Malaysia. This paper is based on the findings of an ongoing research project that is aimed at investigating literacy and social practices among the Orang Asli children. Orang Asli have…
Three myths about urban Aboriginal people in Canadian cities
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Perspectives of Indigenous realities rarely focus on life lived in major metropolitan centres. Instead there is a tendency to frame rural and remote locations as central to the survival of Indigenous cultures and societies. However recent censuses show that in many countries Indigenous populations…
The socio-demography of the Fitzroy Valley Aboriginal population
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This seminar will present some preliminary findings from the Fitzroy Valley Population Project, undertaken for the Fitzroy Futures Forum under the auspices of Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre based in Fitzroy Crossing. The Project’s design reflects a more general research concern with the…
Indigenous population projections to 2031: A test of policy impacts
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Policy development in Indigenous Affairs often proceeds with dated estimates of population and with little understanding of the likely impact of changing demographic parameters on future Indigenous population size and composition. To the extent that policy itself can influence demographic outcomes…
‘Working Future’: A Critique of Policy by Numbers (or The Weakness of Collaborative Federalism in an Emergency)
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This paper will begin by using population figures from the 2006 Census, organised by the ABS’s Indigenous geography, to raise some questions about the Northern Territory Government’s ‘Working Future’ policy, announced in May 2009. It will suggest that by focusing on more populous Aboriginal…
An analysis of Indigenous labour market outcomes
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Halving the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians over the decade beginning in 2008 is one of six COAG targets set to address Indigenous disadvantage. To understand better the labour market outcomes of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and…