Indigenous Employment After the Boom -
Author/editor: Gray, MC, Hunter, B
Paper no: 1
Year published: 2016
Analysis of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Social Survey data on Indigenous labour force status highlights the impact that the recent economic slowdown on Indigenous employment trends. At an aggregate level, the trends in Indigenous employment mirror those of the Australian…
Job Creation and Income Support in Remote Indigenous Australia: Moving Forward with a Better System -
Author/editor: Jordan, K, Fowkes, L, Altman, JC, Kral, I, Sanders, W, Morrison, J, Paterson, J, Klein, E
Paper no: 2
Year published: 2016
The Community Development Programme (CDP) is a remote-area Work for the Dole scheme that principally affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The program is billed by the government as 'helping people find work, and allowing them to contribute to their communities and gain…
Empowered Communities: review of the empowered communities design report -
Author/editor: Klein, E
Paper no: 1
Year published: 2015
The Empowered Communities: Empowered Peoples Design Report proposes a new model of Indigenous empowerment and development in Australia. The authors of this Report have focused on economic development to achieve Indigenous empowerment, with an emphasis on Indigenous individuals and families…
The NSW Crown Lands Review: Risks and Opportunities for Aboriginal People in New South Wales -
Author/editor: Hunt, J
Paper no: 3
Year published: 2015
The Crown Land Estate in New South Wales (NSW), managed by the Department of Primary Industries – Lands, totals 33 million hectares, covers 42% of the state, and is valued at approximately $11 billion. It does not include national parks and state forests managed by other government departments. By…
Understanding Aboriginal identification in NSW: evidence from the Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset -
Author/editor: Biddle, N
Paper no: 2
Year published: 2015
The Indigenous population in NSW is estimated to be the largest in the country and one of the fastest growing. Part of this growth appears to be driven by resident of NSW who were not identified as being Indigenous in the 2006 Census, but were identified as Indigenous in the most recent (2011)…
Academic perspectives on The Forrest review: creating parity -
Author/editor: Klien, E
Paper no: 2
Year published: 2014
This CAEPR Topical Issue contains the collected works of academics engaged in the examination of The Forrest review: creating parity which was commissioned by the Prime Minister Tony Abbott to examine Indigenous training and employment in Australia. Each work represents the author's considered…
The Economic and Social Benefits of Increasing Indigenous Employment -
Author/editor: Gray, MC, Hunter, B, Biddle, N
Paper no: 1
Volume no: 111
Year published: 2014
Relatively low rates of employment are one of the reasons for many of the poor economic and socialoutcomes experienced by Indigenous Australians. Increases in the rate of Indigenous employment would result in significant economic gains to the individuals who move into employment, and their families…