A comparative analysis of the industrial relations experiences of Indigenous and other Australian workers
Author/editor: Hunter, B, Hawke, A
Paper no: 201
Year published: 2000
Indigenous employment policy needs to be informed by a good understanding of the industrial relations culture of workplaces. For example, the local industrial relations environment is a major factor determining wages, job conditions and the quality of workplace life. This study contrasts…
Career aspirations and orientation to work: Young Torres Strait Islanders, 1999
Author/editor: Arthur, W, David-Petero, J
Paper no: 206
Year published: 2000
The principal aim of this paper was to determine what views young Torres Strait Islanders had about their careers and to assess their orientation or approach to work. Young Torres Strait Islanders often express their view of their future in terms of their work.…
Education, training and careers: Young Torres Strait Islanders, 1999
Author/editor: Arthur, W, David-Petero, J
Paper no: 207
Year published: 2000
The principal aim of this paper was to determine what role, if any, young Torres Strait Islanders see education and training playing in their future careers. As in human capital theory, young Islanders appear to value education and training as a form of investment that…
Estimating Indigenous housing need for public funding allocation: A multi-measure approach
Author/editor: Neutze, M, Sanders, WG, Jones, R
Paper no: 197
Year published: 2000
This paper advocates a multi-measure approach to Indigenous housing need for the purposes of public funding allocation. It has been developed from three reports examining Indigenous housing need undertaken in 1998 and 1999. The first part of the paper elaborates on…
Industrial relations in workplaces employing Indigenous Australians
Author/editor: Hunter, B, Hawke, A
Paper no: 200
Year published: 2000
The enactment of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 by the Howard Government represented an acceleration in the pace of industrial relations reform. Amid these significant and widespread legislative developments, little attention was paid to the plight of groups traditionally disadvantaged…
Job-searching and careers: Young Torres Strait Islanders, 1999
Author/editor: Arthur, W, David-Petero, J
Paper no: 205
Year published: 2000
The principal aim of this paper was to examine the strategies young people adopt to further their careers. Young people in Torres Strait are likely to use informal strategies when searching for jobs or training; these include approaching employers and trainers…
Location and socioeconomic status: Torres Strait Islanders, 1996
Author/editor: Arthur, W
Paper no: 199
Year published: 2000
Using several categories of data from the 1996 Census, this paper assesses the socioeconomic status of Torres Strait Islanders compared to that of non-Indigenous people. As in earlier research, the paper points out that Torres Strait Islanders in Torres Strait live in a different economic…