Indigenous participation in commercial fisheries in Torres Strait: A preliminary discussion
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Arthur, W, Bek, H
Paper no: 73
Year published: 1994
The Torres Strait Treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea, ratified in 1985, recognised customary, and limited commercial, Indigenous rights in marine resources in Torres Strait. Since the High Court's Mabo vs Queensland decision in June 1992, and the establishment of the Torres Strait…
Reshaping governance in Torres Strait: The Torres Strait Regional Authority and beyond
Author/editor: Sanders, WG
Paper no: 74
Year published: 1994
Getano Lui (Jnr) suggested in his 1993 Boyer Lecture that it was time to 'build a new framework' for Torres Strait and that this might be negotiated in time for the centenary of the Australian Constitution in 2001. This paper examines possibilities for reshaping…
Self-employed Indigenous Australians in the labour market
Author/editor: Daly, A
Paper no: 67
Year published: 1994
Self-employment has been regarded as an important avenue for economic advancement for some groups with limited opportunities in the mainstream labour market. It has, however, been of minor significance to Indigenous Australians. In 1991, only 2.2 per cent of the…
Socioeconomic status at the ATSIC regional level, 1986 and 1991: data for regional planning
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Liu, J
Paper no: 76
Year published: 1994
A major feature of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has been its regional structure, currently consisting of 36 jurisdictions. The data and analysis in this discussion paper were produced primarily for ATSIC regional councils for both…
The comparative economic status of Torres Strait Islanders in Torres Strait and mainland Australia
Author/editor: Arthur, W, Taylor, J
Paper no: 72
Year published: 1994
A large proportion of Torres Strait Islanders live on the Australian mainland, away from Torres Strait. This has created two different social and economic environments for the population. In the Strait and on the tip of Cape York, Islanders live mainly in small…
The cross-cultural validity of labour force statistics about Indigenous Australians
Author/editor: Smith, D
Paper no: 69
Year published: 1994
This paper considers the cross-cultural validity of standard social indicators with reference to the Indigenous population of Australia. Official indicators of the labour force status of Indigenous Australians, developed from 1991 Census data, are critically…
The determinants of employment income for Indigenous Australians
Author/editor: Daly, A
Paper no: 68
Year published: 1994
This paper considers the determinants of employment income for Indigenous Australians compared with non-Indigenous Australians. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression techniques are applied to 1991 Census data to consider the question: does the lower income of…