Work, Welfare and CDEP on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: First stage assessment
Author/editor: Jordan, K
Paper no: 78
Year published: 2011
This report presents the results of a first stage assessment of the impacts of recent changes to the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. It draws on interviews and discussions with 15 Aṉangu (Aboriginal) people from the…
A human capital approach to the educational marginalisation of Indigenous Australians
Author/editor: Biddle, N
Paper no: 67
Year published: 2010
Education is a key determinant at both a national and individual level for health, wellbeing and access to economic resources. What’s more, education has intrinsic benefits for those who undertake it, as well as for those around them. The standard human capital model has been used by many to…
Corporate Initiatives In Indigenous Employment: The Australian Employment Covenant Two Years On
Author/editor: Jordan, K, Mavec, D
Paper no: 74
Year published: 2010
The Australian Employment Covenant (AEC) was launched on 30 October 2008 with the bold goal of creating 50,000 new jobs for Indigenous Australians within two years. At the end of this ambitious timeframe, the scheme has succeeded in securing more than 20,000 job pledges from employers. This…
Demography as destiny: Schooling, work and Aboriginal population change at Wadeye
Author/editor: Taylor, J
Paper no: 64
Year published: 2010
Recent Commonwealth Treasury intergenerational reports have failed to consider the very different challenges that arise for the Indigenous population as a consequence of demographic ageing. Almost universally across the country, Indigenous populations are moving into a phase of demographic…
Developing Measures of Population Mobility Amongst Indigenous Primary School Students
Author/editor: Prout, S
Paper no: 73
Year published: 2010
In the present era of evidence-based policy making in Indigenous affairs, where the monitoring and closure of socioeconomic gaps dominates the federal agenda, data have become paramount. Yet with regard to one of the cornerstones of the Labor government’s ‘Closing the Gaps’ initiative—Indigenous…
Generational change, learning and remote Australian Indigenous youth
Author/editor: Kral, I
Paper no: 68
Year published: 2010
In remote Indigenous Australia the typical mainstream youth transition from school to employment does not match the reality of community life, where traditional cultural schemas underpin the practice of everyday life and the construction of social identity. Although the developmental trajectory of…
Indigenous cultural and natural resource management and the emerging role of the Working on Country program
Author/editor: May, K
Paper no: 65
Year published: 2010
This is an opportune time to strategically develop Indigenous land and sea management in Australia. Climate change and associated land degradation is a high priority component of the Government’s environment agenda. At the same time, the Indigenous estate—which includes some of the most biodiverse…