Torres Strait Islanders in the 2001 Census
Author/editor: Arthur, W
Paper no: 255
Year published: 2003
Every five years, the national Census of Population and Housing provides data on the demographic, social and economic characteristics of Australia's Indigenous population. In this paper a number of socioeconomic characteristics from the 2001 Census are analysed by State for Torres Strait…
Autonomy and the Community Development Employment Projects scheme
Author/editor: Arthur, W
Paper no: 232
Year published: 2002
There is a tendency to view the CDEP scheme as unsuccessful when measured in predominantly economic terms, and in particular against its ability to reduce welfare dependence by reducing unemployment. However, it can be suggested that the scheme is quite successful in non-economic terms, as it…
Decentralisation, population mobility and the CDEP scheme in central Cape York Peninsula
Author/editor: Smith, B
Paper no: 238
Year published: 2002
This paper presents a case study of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme in the Coen region of Cape York Peninsula from January 1996 to May 1997, prior to implementation of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) and Spicer Reports on CDEP. During…
Estimating the components of Indigenous population change, 1996-2001
Author/editor: Kinfu, Y, Taylor, J
Paper no: 240
Year published: 2002
Every five years, the national Census of Population and Housing provides a window on the demographic, social and economic characteristics of Australia's Indigenous population. In line with each census count of Indigenous Australians since 1971, when a question on…
Indigenous community stores in the 'frontier economy': some competition and consumer issues
Author/editor: McDonnell, S, Martin, D
Paper no: 234
Year published: 2002
This paper examines key competition and consumer issues faced by Aboriginal people in remote Aboriginal communities, with particular reference to the provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA). The research was commissioned by the Australian Competition and…
Indigenous residential treatment programs for drug and alcohol problems: Current status and options for improvement
Author/editor: Brady, M
Paper no: 236
Year published: 2002
Commonwealth-funded residential rehabilitation programs for Indigenous problem drinkers or drug users were established in the 1970s as community-controlled organisations that were separate from Aboriginal Medical Services and independent of State drug and alcohol…
Journey without end: Reconciliation between Australia's Indigenous and settler peoples
Author/editor: Sanders, WG
Paper no: 237
Year published: 2002
This paper examines the history of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (CAR) in Australia from 1991 to 2001 and argues that reconciliation between Australia's Indigenous and settler peoples was never likely to be achieved in that time frame. Reconciliation, it…