Indigenous Economic Development through Community-Based Enterprise -
Author/editor: Kerins, S, Jordan, K
Paper no: 6
Volume no: 90
Year published: 2010
This Topical Issue addresses the Australian Government’s draft Indigenous Economic Development Strategy (IEDS), with specific lessons learnt from working with Aboriginal people to further their economic development in remote areas. It notes the lack of coherence between the draft IEDS and the…
Native Title and taxation reform -
Author/editor: Altman, JC
Paper no: 4
Volume no: 88
Year published: 2010
This brief paper is adapted from a submission in response to the Australian Government’s Consultation Paper ‘Native Title, Indigenous Economic Development and Tax’. The Consultation Paper mainly canvasses options for income taxation reforms with very little actually said about Indigenous economic…
The Australian Employment Covenant: Is it taxpayers’ money well spent? -
Author/editor: Jordan, K
Paper no: 5
Volume no: 89
Year published: 2010
30 October 2010 marked the second anniversary of the Australian Employment Covenant (AEC), launched by then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and mining executive Andrew Forrest with the bold goal of creating 50,000 jobs for Indigenous Australians in two years. It is now timely to review…
The Future of Outstations/Homelands -
Author/editor: Kerins, S
Paper no: 1
Volume no: 85
Year published: 2010
In October 2009 the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) and the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) convened a workshop at the Australian National University in Canberra on Homelands/Outstations. Invited to the workshop were homeland/outstation residents, their…
Wild Rivers and Informed Consent on Cape York -
Author/editor: Altman, JC
Paper no: 2
Volume no: 86
Year published: 2010
The Wild Rivers Bill advocates providing Aboriginal land owners with rights in commercially valuable resources on their lands, but only in Cape York. Were the Wild Rivers Bill passed into law we would see a fundamental change in the current workings of land rights and native title laws in Australia…
A Brief Commentary in Response to the Australian Government Discussion Paper ‘Optimising Benefits from Native Title Agreements’ and the Report of the Native Title Payments Working Group - Native Title Agreements and Payments
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Jordan, K
Paper no: 3
Volume no: 78
Year published: 2009
"A Brief Commentary in Response to the Australian Government Discussion Paper ‘Optimising Benefits from Native Title Agreements’ and the Report of the Native Title Payments Working Group". This submission examines two recent Native Title reports, and identifies a number of concerns: The need to…
Developing a national Indigenous policy framework that recognises needs, rights and legacies and delivers results - Developing An Indigenous Policy Framework
Author/editor: Altman, JC
Paper no: 2
Volume no: 77
Year published: 2009
'Developing a national Indigenous policy framework that recognises needs, rights and legacies and delivers results', based on a presentation to the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) National Conference, ‘Building a Fair Australia in Tough Economic Times’, Australian Technology Park,…