Indigenous employment: A story of continuing growth -
Author/editor: Gray, MC, Hunter, B, Howlett, M
Paper no: 2
Volume no: 108
Year published: 2013
Recent reporting suggests that there has been no growth in Indigenous employment since the mid-2000s, or even that employment has decreased slightly. Such reports focus on changes in a measure of employment which includes Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) participants. However, when…
Less is More: Reflections on the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Reports -
Author/editor: Hunter, B, Stephenson, N
Paper no: 1
Volume no: 107
Year published: 2013
This Topical Issue is based upon a submission to the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) review of the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Reports. Keywords: Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, Closing the Gap, policy evaluation, Productivity Commission,
Policing the Frontier: Christmas in Borroloola -
Author/editor: Kerins, S
Paper no: 3
Volume no: 109
Year published: 2013
A recent police operation in the Northern Territory community of Borroloola invites reflection on best practice for community policing and alcohol management. Community policing is fundamentally an alliance where the police and community identify and solve community problems together, with the…
Social enterprise as a model for developing Aboriginal lands -
Author/editor: Kerins, S
Paper no: 4
Volume no: 110
Year published: 2013
Common property (communal land) is often viewed negatively with some claiming that communal land ownership and the absence of private property rights more generally have been insurmountable barriers to Indigenous enterprise. This paper provides a brief overview of common property resources and…
Indigenous job training: Questioning the numbers -
Author/editor: Jordan, K
Paper no: 2
Volume no: 104
Year published: 2012
This Topical Issue critically analyses the use of statistics on Indigenous jobs by Andrew (Twiggy) Forrest and the Australian Government. Keywords: Indigenous employment services, Australian Employment Covenant, Indigenous Employment Program
Protecting Aboriginal Heritage in New South Wales -
Author/editor: Hunt, J
Paper no: 3
Volume no: 105
Year published: 2012
A version of this Topical Issue was submitted as a response to the New South Wales Government's Office of Environment and Heritage consultation paper, 'Aboriginal heritage legislation in NSW: Public consultation on issues for reform' in December 2011. Keywords: Cultural heritage, Aboriginal…
Selected issues for closing the income gaps between Indigenous and other Australians, 2001-11 -
Author/editor: Hunter, B
Paper no: 1
Volume no: 103
Year published: 2012
This Topical Issue charts recent changes in personal and household income by combining the first release census data for 2011 with community profiles for Indigenous and other households from the 2001 and 2006 Censuses. Changes in household size and housing cost are also explored in order to…