Community Participation Agreements: A model for welfare reform from community-based research
Author/editor: Smith, D
Paper no: 223
Year published: 2001
In its June 2001 budget, the Federal Government announced a new framework for welfare reform, Australians Working Together. One component of the framework is the proposed development of Community Participation Agreements in remote Indigenous communities, to deal with welfare income…
Giving credit where it's due: The delivery of banking and financial services to Indigenous Australians in rural and remote areas
Author/editor: McDonnell, S, Westbury, N
Paper no: 218
Year published: 2001
Australia's financial system is undergoing a period of substantial structural change. A number of interrelated factors are implicated: changes in the competitive forces within the sector, the introduction of new technology, and changing consumer demands. While these changes may have had…
Implications of developments in telecommunications for Indigenous people in remote and rural Australia
Author/editor: Daly, A
Paper no: 219
Year published: 2001
This paper considers the implications of changes in the technological and regulatory environment in the telecommunications industry in Australia for Indigenous Australians living in remote and rural areas. This group is particularly vulnerable to falling on the…
Indigenous Australians and the rules of the social security system: Universalism, apppropriateness, and justice
Author/editor: Sanders, WG
Paper no: 212
Year published: 2001
Noel Pearson has recently argued that inclusion in a 'passive' welfare system, over the last thirty years, has been to the detriment of Aboriginal society. This paper approaches the inclusion of Aboriginal people in the social security system from a slightly…
Indigenous autonomy in Australia: Some concepts, issues and examples
Author/editor: Arthur, W
Paper no: 220
Year published: 2001
This paper explores the concept of autonomy as it might apply to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Literature dealing with the concept of autonomy is considered and several analytical approaches are discussed. Principal amongst these are the…
Indigenous data from the ABS Labour Force Survey: What can they tell us?
Author/editor: Taylor, J, Hunter, B
Paper no: 214
Year published: 2001
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has recently published annual estimates of Indigenous labour force status for the period 1994-2000 based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Considerable interest surrounds these for two reasons: as annual estimates, they offer the possibility of…
Indigenous families and the welfare system: The Kuranda community case study, Stage Two
Author/editor: Henry, R, Daly, A
Paper no: 216
Year published: 2001
This discussion paper presents the results from the second year (Stage Two) of the Kuranda community case study for the project on Indigenous families and the welfare system. Twenty-nine key reference people were interviewed about the factors influencing the…