Policy responses to food insecurity in remote Indigenous communities: Social security, store pricing and Indigenous food sovereignty
Author/editor: F Markham & S Kerins
Paper no: 4
Year published: 2020
The proportion of remote-living Indigenous people who lived in a household that ran out of food, and could not afford to purchase more, increased from 32.8% to 38.6% between 2012–2013 and 2018–2019. This paper outlines policy options to respond to the increasing prevalence of …
Closing the Gap Refresh: papering over the gaps or structural reform?
Author/editor: Compiled by Markham, F, Jordan, K & Howard-Wagner, D
Volume no: 2
Year published: 2018
Ten years on from the Council of Australian Governments committing to National Indigenous Reform Agreement – Closing the Gap, the Federal Government has announced the Closing the Gap Refresh. Five academics and visitors at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research made submissions as part…
Implications of the 2018–19 Budget for Indigenous Australians
Author/editor: Venn, D & Dillon, M
Paper no: 3
Year published: 2018
This Topical Issues Paper provides an overview of the implications for Indigenous Australians of the 2018–19 Federal Budget, focusing on both Indigenous-specific budget announcements as well as general or mainstream measures that have particular relevance for Indigenous Australians. It includes an…
Indigenous identification change between 2011 and 2016: evidence from the Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset
Author/editor: Biddle, N & Markham, F
Paper no: 1
Year published: 2018
Growth in the Indigenous population between the 2011 and 2016 Censuses was much faster than would be predicted by our best estimates of fertility and mortality. Part of this faster than projected growth came from a larger number of people who identified as Indigenous in 2016 but not in 2011,…
Joint response to the Deloitte Review of the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Author/editor: Jordan, K & Anthony, T & Walsh, T & Markham, F
Paper no: 4
Year published: 2018
This statement outlines concerns with the 2018 Deloitte Access Economics review of the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC). The statement is endorsed by 33 academic and professional experts in the policy areas examined by RCIADIC…
The Cashless Debit Card Evaluation: does it really prove success?
Author/editor: Hunt, J
Paper no: 2
Year published: 2017
The Cashless Debit Card Trial Evaluation: A Short Review -
Author/editor: Hunt, J
Paper no: 1
Year published: 2017
The concept of a 'Healthy Welfare Card', now renamed as the Cashless Debit Card (CDC), was a recommendation of the Forrest Review into Employment and Training (Forrest 2014). It was seen as a development from income management which has been occurring in parts of Australia since the Northern…