Factors associated with internal migration: A comparison between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Hunter, B
Paper no: 32
Year published: 2006
Enhancing migration and mobility has been put forward by various commentators as a solution to Indigenous disadvantage in Australia. This paper examines patterns of migration and factors associated with both the decision to move and the choice of destination in order to assess the feasibility of…
In Search of an Outstations Policy for Indigenous Australians
Author/editor: Altman, JC
Paper no: 34
Year published: 2006
This paper explores some issues for urgent consideration before any new policy for outstations is developed under the new administrative arrangements in Indigenous affairs. The research reported here is animated by a long-standing interest in the livelihoods of Indigenous people who reside at small…
Indigenous people in the West Kimberley labour market
Author/editor: Taylor, J
Paper no: 35
Year published: 2006
The West Kimberley region of Western Australia is the latest potential focus of the minerals boom currently sweeping many parts of remote Australia. The major impetus is provided by the Browse gas project off the North West Shelf, while other mining initiatives are emergent alongside an expansion…
Indigenous peoples and indicators of well-being: An Australian perspective on UNPFII Global Frameworks
Author/editor: Taylor, J
Paper no: 33
Year published: 2006
A version of this paper was presented at a United Nations (UN) workshop on Indigenous Peoples and Indicators of Well-Being held on 22–23 March 2006, in Ottawa. This workshop was one in a series held across the world to canvass appropriate recommendations for the establishment of a core set of…
Researching Australian Indigenous Governance: A Methodological and Conceptual Framework
Author/editor: Smith, D
Paper no: 29
Year published: 2005
This paper sets out the methodological and conceptual framework for the Indigenous Community Governance (ICG) Project on Understanding, Building and Sustaining Effective Governance in Rural, Remote and Urban Indigenous Communities. The paper describes the Project’s research aims, questions, and…
The Djelk Ranger Program: An Outsider’s Perspective
Author/editor: Cochrane, MJ
Paper no: 27
Year published: 2005
This report is the result of a ten-day general conceptualisation research trip in May 2003 into an Indigenous community to study the Djelk Ranger program operating under the Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation (BAC). During this visit I spent time with several different groups of Rangers and visited…
The Opportunity Costs of the Status Quo in the Thamarrurr Region
Author/editor: Taylor, J, Stanley, O
Paper no: 28
Year published: 2005
Given the substantial deficits in economic activity, infrastructure and human capital identified by the ICCP/COAG trial in the Thamarrurr Region of the Northern Territory, questions were asked by the COAG partners as to the opportunity cost—both to governments and the local community—of sustaining…