Prospects for closing the gap in a recession: Revisiting the role of macroeconomic factors in Indigenous employment - Indigenous Employment In Economic Downturn
Author/editor: Hunter, B
Paper no: 1
Volume no: 76
Year published: 2009
'Prospects for closing the gap in a recession: Revisiting the role of macroeconomic factors in Indigenous employment', examines how current economic crises and macroeconomic behavioural patterns might affect Indigenous labour force participation, including the relative role of demand and supply…
Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into Community Stores in Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities - Community Stores in Remote Indigenous Communities
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Jordan, K
Paper no: 4
Volume no: 79
Year published: 2009
'Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into Community Stores in Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities'. This submission briefly addresses the Inquiry's three terms of reference: food supply, quality…
Submission to the Review of the National Biodiversity Strategy: Indigenous people's involvement in conserving Australia's biodiversity -
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Kerins, S, Ens, E
Paper no: 8
Volume no: 83
Year published: 2009
This submission to the Review of the National Biodiversity Strategy challenges the adequacy of the Consultation Draft's coverage of the roles of Indigenous peoples in biodiversity management, and makes a number of recommendations drawing on current initiatives and available research.
The Blue Mud Bay Case: Refractions through saltwater country - The Blue Mud Bay Case: Refractions through saltwater country
Author/editor: Morphy, F, Morphy, H
Paper no: 7
Volume no: 82
Year published: 2009
Under the Aboriginal Lands Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (ALRA) Aboriginal freehold land has always extended down to the low water mark. In a historic majority decision on 30 July 2008, the High Court of Australia ruled on appeal in the Blue Mud Bay case that, in effect, the ALRA also…
The First-Ever Northern Territory Homelands/ Outstations Policy -
Author/editor: Kerins, S
Paper no: 9
Volume no: 84
Year published: 2009
In May 2009, the Northern Territory released its first-ever policy for homelands/outstations, setting out how the Government intends to provide services and much-needed infrastructure to assist communities living on Aboriginal-owned lands. The Government claims that its new approach will improve…
The literacy question in remote Indigenous Australia - Literacy in Remote Indigenous Australia
Author/editor: Kral, I
Paper no: 6
Volume no: 81
Year published: 2009
'The literacy question in remote Indigenous Australia'. The literacy debate rarely addresses the critical social and historical factors that also account for why literacy levels among remote Indigenous youth are lower than their mainstream counterparts. The focus on schooling obscures the less…
The untimely abolition of the Community Development Employment Program - The Abolition of CDEP
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Jordan, K
Paper no: 5
Volume no: 80
Year published: 2009
'The untimely abolition of the Community Development Employment Program'. This paper was prepared as a submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008. It focuses on proposed changes…