Towards greater autonomy for Torres Strait: Political and economic dimensions
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Sanders, WG, Arthur, W
Paper no: 121
Year published: 1996
After a brief introduction, this paper comprises the text of a submission to the House of Reprentatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs for its inquiry into greater autonomy for 'the people of the Torres Strait'. The paper…
Aboriginal employment, native title and regionalism
Author/editor: Finlayson, J
Paper no: 87
Year published: 1995
The recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody identified tourism as a potential source of private sector employment and enterprise development for Aboriginal people. The question arises as to how realistic this expectation is,…
Assessing the relative allocative efficiency of the Native Title Act 1993 and the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
Author/editor: McKenna, SL
Paper no: 79
Year published: 1995
Economic analysis indicates that a socially optimal level of mining may not be occurring under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (ALRA). This paper suggests that this is either because transactions costs are hindering negotiations between…
Australian fiscal federalism and Aboriginal self-government: some issues of tactics and targets
Author/editor: Sanders, WG
Paper no: 90
Year published: 1995
This paper documents, then analyses two encounters in the late 1980s and early 1990s between emerging ideas about Aboriginal self-government and Australian fiscal federalism, the system of intergovernmental financial transfers in Australia. One of these…
Beyond native title: multiple land use agreements and Aboriginal governance in the Kimberley
Author/editor: Sullivan, P
Paper no: 89
Year published: 1995
Aborigines make up by far the largest proportion of the long-term residents of the Kimberley region and much of the population living outside the major towns. They already control, by one means or another, considerable areas of land. The Native Title Act 1993…
Change in the relative distribution of Indigenous employment by industry, 1986-1991
Author/editor: Taylor, J, Liu, J
Paper no: 96
Year published: 1995
There are a number of ways in which Aboriginal Employment Development Policy (AEDP) strategies implemented since 1987 have sought to increase the spread of Indigenous employment across the range of industries. This paper uses 1986 and 1991 Census data to measure…
Change in the relative economic status of Indigenous males in the 1980s: Australia and the United States compared
Author/editor: Gregory, R, Daly, A
Paper no: 82
Year published: 1995
The 1980s saw some significant changes in the income distribution in Australia and the United States of America (US). The purpose of this paper is to examine how these changes have affected the relative income status of Indigenous males in each country. In 1980,…