Redfern works: The policy and community challenges of an urban CDEP scheme
Author/editor: Smith, D
Paper no: 99
Year published: 1995
This paper describes the organisation of work in the Redfern Community Development Employment Project (CDEP) scheme and considers the policy and community issues that are being raised. Two broad perspectives are posed of CDEP employment as 'welfare work' and as '…
The calculus of reciprocity: Principles and implications of Aboriginal sharing
Author/editor: Schwab, RG
Paper no: 100
Year published: 1995
Over the past two decades a rapidly expanding body of policy research has emerged related to the place of Indigenous Australians in the wider economy. Traditionally, the policy focus of much of that research has been on formal supply-side and demand-side issues,…
The economic status of Indigenous Australian families
Author/editor: Daly, A, Smith, D
Paper no: 93
Year published: 1995
A shorter version of this paper was presented to the International Year of the Family National Conference on 'Australian Families: the Next Ten Years', in Adelaide 20-23 November 1994. This longer paper presents a preliminary analysis of the economic status of…
Twenty years of policy recommendations for Indigenous education: overview and research implications
Author/editor: Schwab, RG
Paper no: 92
Year published: 1995
This discussion paper presents an exploratory overview of Australia's Indigenous education policy spanning the years 1975-95. The paper provides a brief description of the political evolution of that policy and focuses on the three major national Indigenous…
'Working for CDEP': A case study of the Community Development Employment Projects scheme in Port Lincoln, South Australia
Author/editor: Smith, D
Paper no: 75
Year published: 1994
The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme has been subject to a plethora of government reviews, but there are few published case studies of its operation in remote communities, and no accounts of urban schemes. This paper describes the…
Estimating Indigenous Australian employment in the private sector
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Taylor, J
Paper no: 70
Year published: 1994
Impetus for attempting to delineate 'real' private sector employment derived from concerns regarding the shortcomings of data on this issue identified by the review of the Aboriginal Employment Development Policy (AEDP). In seeking to address these concerns,…
Implementing native title: economic lessons from the Northern Territory
Author/editor: Altman, JC
Paper no: 64
Year published: 1994
The economic future of Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory will be significantly improved in the 21st century if strategic gains in land ownership made in the late 20th century can be converted to economic development of that land. In this paper, in…