Attempting to Silence the Social Sciences -
Author/editor: Altman, JC
Paper no: 1
Volume no: 43
Year published: 2007
In a recent book, Silencing Dissent: How the Australian government is controlling public opinion and stifling debate, edited by Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2007) brief mention was made of CAEPR. In his chapter on universities, Professor Stuart Macintyre used…
Changes to CDEP under DEWR: Policy substance and the new contractualism -
Author/editor: Sanders, WG
Paper no: 6
Volume no: 48
Year published: 2007
The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme is an Indigenous 'workfare' program which has existed since 1977. In 2004, with the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), CDEP became a responsibility of the Commonwealth Department of Employment and…
Conspicuous Compassion and Wicked Problems - The Howard Government’s National Emergency in Indigenous Affairs - Conspicuous Compassion and Wicked Problems - The Howard Government’s National Emergency in Indigenous Affairs
Author/editor: Hunter, B
Paper no: 15
Volume no: 57
Year published: 2007
Conspicuous Compassion and Wicked Problems, Agenda, Vol. 14, No. 3. [Link] A ‘wicked problem’ is a term used in the planning literature to characterise a complex multi-dimensional problem. This article argues that Indigenous child abuse is one such problem. Whatever the merits of the recent federal…
Inquiry into Australia's Indigenous visual arts and craft sector -
Author/editor: Altman, JC
Paper no: 4
Volume no: 46
Year published: 2007
A submission by Professor Jon Altman to the Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee's Inquiry into Australia's Indigenous visual arts and craft sector.
Neo-Paternalism and the Destruction of CDEP -
Author/editor: Altman, JC
Paper no: 14
Volume no: 56
Year published: 2007
This article examines the role of the Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory and the consequences of its sudden abolition. (First published in Arena Magazine 90, August-September 2007).
Opening comments to Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the Provisions of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Bill 2007 and Associated Bills -
Author/editor: Altman, JC
Paper no: 13
Volume no: 55
Year published: 2007
These remarks to the one day Senate enquiry emphasise Professor Altman's opposition to the many of the measures contained in the Bills, which he describes as 'hastily conceived' and filled with 'unnecessary' and 'contradictory' approaches.
Options for Warlpiri Education and Training -
Author/editor: Schwab, RG
Paper no: 8
Volume no: 50
Year published: 2007
Final Report to the Warlpiri Education and Training Trust Advisory Committee: Options for Education and Training, by R.G. Schwab, 15 September 2006. A comprehensive report exploring a variety of options for remote education and training. Edited web version.