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Indigenous Affairs

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CIS has been active in advocating for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders  to receive the same standards of education and health services that other Australians take for granted.
Poor education is a major factor behind high unemployment and welfare dependency, with many Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders living in appalling community housing and suffering from some of the highest rates of infectious diseases in the world. Work is needed to implement private property rights on communal title land and to address the high rates of alcohol and substance abuse rife in Indigenous communities.

Publications

  1. Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

    Helen Hughes AO, Sara Hudson | 18 Nov 2011 | Submissions

    Australia has a serious problem in low participation in higher education by students from low socio-economic backgrounds.... Read More...

  2. Submission to Remote Participation and Employment Servicing Arrangements

    Helen Hughes AO, Mark Hughes, Sara Hudson | 11 Oct 2011 | Submissions

    The Discussion Paper’s focus on participation and employment in remote Indigenous communities is welcome because it distinguishes... Read More...

  3. FEATURE: One Disease at a Time: Eradicating Scabies in East Arnhem Land

    Sara Hudson | 20 Aug 2011 | POLICY Magazine

    Inspirational leadership can make a difference to Aboriginal health.

  4. Alcohol Restrictions in Indigenous Communities and Frontier Towns

    Sara Hudson | 06 Apr 2011 | Policy Monographs

    The double standards applied to the enforcement of liquor legislation have contributed to the alcohol problems present in... Read More...

  5. Submission to the Indigenous Sub-committee of the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Services Provision. 2011

    Sara Hudson | 31 Jan 2011 | Submissions

    Submission to the Indigenous Sub-committee of the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Services Provision. 2011 Overcoming... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Education crucial to Aboriginal jobs

    Sara Hudson | 02 Feb 2012 | Australian Financial Review

    The problem is not a shortage of jobs in the mining sector. More local Aboriginal people would be employed in mines if they ... Read More

  2. An Indigenous program that’s boxing clever

    Sara Hudson | 20 Jan 2012 | The Punch

    At risk Aboriginal youth are given an outlet to build self esteem through a boxing program with Redfern police.... Read More

  3. NT intervention: action better than apathy

    Sara Hudson | 28 Nov 2011 | The Drum

    It is hypocritical that the very same people who lament the gross violation of Aboriginal rights carried out under the intervention ... Read More

  4. Changing expectations of Aboriginal school attendance

    Sara Hudson | 18 Oct 2011 | The Drum

    If my son wasn't hassled every time he was late to school then he would probably continue to be late. If there were no consequences, ... Read More

  5. Remote disadvantage even worse than reported

    Helen Hughes AO | 27 Sep 2011 | The Australian

    Billions of taxpayer dollars are wasted on programs that mostly benefit bureaucrats IN February, the Productivity Commission ... Read More

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Ideas@TheCentre

  1. Individualism does not mean being self-centred

    Sara Hudson | 04 Nov 2011

    Individualism is not about being self-centred but about recognising that you are responsible for your own actions and how ...

  2. Sigh, another review

    Sara Hudson | 07 Oct 2011

    Another government review into Aboriginal welfare but will it result in any policy changes?...

  3. Bolt tongue tied

    Adam Creighton | 30 Sep 2011

    The Federal Court’s verdict in the Andrew Bolt case for racial discriminatory comments regarding Aboriginal people is an ...

  4. Dying before their time

    Sara Hudson | 23 Sep 2011

    Sara Hudson writes about the deplorable condition and despair in Aboriginal communities she saw on her recent trip to Central ...

  5. Missing the point with silly questions

    Sara Hudson | 26 Aug 2011

    To properly evaluate income management we need to look beyond people’s perspectives of it and explore whether or not it ...

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