What’s in it for Koories? Barwon Darling Alliance Credit Union and the delivery of financial and banking services in north-west New South Wales
Author/editor: Westbury, N
Paper no: 7
Year published: 2000
Indigenous people’s ability to manage and budget their income, arrange to pay third parties, purchase food, goods and services, and maintain a level of financial and economic independence and planning, are all reliant on maintaining informed access to appropriate banking and financial services.…
Aboriginal people in the Kakadu region: social indicators for impact assessment
Author/editor: Taylor, J
Paper no: 4
Year published: 1999
This research report is the product of a consultancy commissioned by the Northern Land Council (NLC) as part of the preliminary input into the Kakadu Region Social Impact Study (KRSIS) established in 1996 under the auspices of the NLC, the Commonwealth Government, the Northern Territory…
Dealing with alcohol in Alice Springs: an assessment of policy options and recommendations for action
Author/editor: Brady, M, Martin, D
Paper no: 3
Year published: 1999
The excessive consumption of alcohol and associated behaviour is a potentially intractable issue with no easy policy solutions. Altering drinking behaviour will inevitably involve changing attitudes over the long term and indeed will need generational change. Such change must come from the…
Further investigations into Indigenous labour supply: what discourages discouraged workers?
Author/editor: Hunter, B, Gray, MC
Paper no: 2
Year published: 1999
Indigenous people are far more likely to be discouraged from looking for work than other Australians. Understanding the microeconomic determinants of what discourages particular workers has important implications for overcoming the labour force disadvantage faced by indigenous Australians. This…
Reforming the Northern Territory Land Rights Act’s financial framework into a more logical and more workable model
Author/editor: Altman, JC, Pollack, D
Paper no: 5
Year published: 1999
The financial framework of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (ALRA) has never been based on sound economic principles or even logical accounting, let alone clear and transparent policy messages or even obvious directives to Indigenous interests in the Northern Territory.…
Three Nations, Not One: Indigenous and Other Australian Poverty
Author/editor: Hunter, B
Paper no: 1
Year published: 1999
Benjamin Disraeli originally coined the phrase 'Two Nations' in 1845 to characterise the chasm between rich and poor in Victorian England. While the differential in access to resources has been reduced this century by the development of the welfare state, there is ongoing concern about the level…