Implementing disability policy reform: challenges and opportunities
Author/editor: Dillon M.C.
Paper no: 147/24
Year published: 2024
This paper assesses the risks and opportunities for Indigenous interests embedded in the recommendations of the recent independent review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). To provide essential context, the paper begins with an overview of the mainstream policy issues emerging…
Area-level socioeconomic outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in the 2016 and 2021 Censuses
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Markham, F
Paper no: 144
Year published: 2023
Since the 2001 Census, the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) has developed the Indigenous Relative Socioeconomic Outcomes (IRSEO) index to assist Indigenous communities and organisations in advocating for resource allocation based on relative needs, and assist governments in…
Culture and Indigenous wellbeing: Literature review for the Kimberley Strong Culture, Strong Place, Strong Families Research and Evaluation Project
Author/editor: Birchmeier, K, Buchanan, G, Dinku, Y, Haviland, M, Kinnane, S, Yap, M
Paper no: 2/2023
Year published: 2023
This report is the first published output from the Strong Culture, Strong Place, Strong Families Research and Evaluation Project. This project is a co-design partnership between the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC), the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at…
Exploring the Spatial Distribution of Aboriginal Food Security and Insecurity in New South Wales Using Survey and Census Data
Author/editor: Dinku, Y, Walsh, C, Markham, F and Puri, C.
Paper no: 146/2023
Year published: 2023
This study presents estimates of the prevalence of food insecurity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in small geographical areas in the state of New South Wales (NSW). Using the 2018-19 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) and 2021 Census of…
Relationships between the use of Indigenous languages and wellbeing indicators in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, 2014–15
Author/editor: Dinku, Y, Markham, F, Dreise, T and Hunt, J
Paper no: 142
Year published: 2022
Indigenous languages form a vital part of Indigenous culture, identity, worldviews and ways of living. Aboriginal Australians have repeatedly asserted that individuals, families and communities can achieve better life outcomes if they maintain or develop knowledge and use of…
Renewable Energy Development and the "Native Title Act 1993" (CWLTH): The Fairness of Validating Future Acts Associated with Renewable Energy Projects
Author/editor: Maynard, G
Paper no: 143
Year published: 2022
Increasing demand, innovations in technology, and extensions to electricity grid infrastructure are likely to lead to a growth in renewable energy development on native title land and water. The likelihood that native title holders and claimants will benefit from this development will depend in…
30 years on: Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody recommendations remain unimplemented
Author/editor: T. Anthony, K. Jordan, T. Walsh, F. Markham, M. Williams
Paper no: 140
Year published: 2021
This paper outlines concerns with the 2018 Deloitte Access Economics review of the implementation of the 339 recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC). Here, we update a statement produced by Jordan et al. in December 2018, which argued that due to its…