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The entangled relationship between Indigenous spatiality and government service delivery

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Authors: Prout, Sarah
Publishers: Australian National University

The delivery of basic government services to remotely living and frequently mobile Indigenous populations is a highly contentious issue; one which has recently received considerable focus at a Federal policy […]

Juvenile diversion and Indigenous offenders: a study examining juvenile offenders in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales

Resources Jan,2008

Authors: Snowball, Lucy
Publishers: Criminology Research Council

This study was motivated by a concern that Indigenous juvenile offenders were not receiving the benefits of diversionary schemes. Its aim was to assess how much of a difference in […]

Occasional Paper No.19: Lessons learnt about strengthening Indigenous families and communities: Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2000-2004

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Authors: Scougall, John
Publishers: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

The Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2000-2004 was an Australian Government initiative funded by the Department of Family and Community Services to help build family and community capacity to deal […]

Occasional Paper No.20: Stories on ‘growing up’ from Indigenous people in the ACT metro/Queanbeyan region

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Authors: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Publishers: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

This paper presents a summary of the information collected during FaHCSIA’s community engagement qualitative trial undertaken in the Australian Capital Territory metropolitan region and the Queanbeyan region as part of […]

Audit of the Prevention, Diversion, Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice Program

Resources Jan,2008

Authors: Department of Finance and Deregulation: Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs)
Publishers: The Australian National Audit Office

The Prevention, Diversion, Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice Program works to divert Indigenous Australians away from adverse contact with the legal system and provides activities that will rehabilitate and support Indigenous […]

Volatile Substance Misuse: A Review of Interventions

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Authors: D'Abbs, Peter, MacLean, Sarah J
Publishers: Department of Health and Ageing

This review examines published and unpublished literature about interventions designed to combat volatile substance misuse (VSM), defined as the deliberate inhalation of a volatile substance in order to achieve a […]

Indigenous mental health in the criminal justice system : a review for the Justice Mental Health Strategy, Justice Health and Indigenous Issues Unit : final report

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Authors: Jones, Robin, Day, Andrew, Victoria. Dept. of Justice. Indigenous Issues Unit,
Publishers: Department of Justice

This report offers an overview of research that has been conducted in the area of Indigenous mental health, particularly as it relates to the mental health of those who come […]

Indigenous Socioeconomic Indicators

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Authors: Gardiner-Garden, John
Publishers: Department of Parliamentary Services, Australia

This Background Note offers a brief guide to statistical descriptions of Indigenous Australians’ socioeconomic situation. It looks first at the context of inputs and outcomes, then at works that offer […]

Social Inclusion : Origins, concepts and key themes

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Authors: Hayes, Alan, Gray, Matthew, Edwards, Ben, Australian Institute of Family Studies
Publishers: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the origins of the concepts of social inclusion and exclusion and of key themes and emerging debates about social […]

Trapped in the Aboriginal Reality Show

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Authors: Langton, Marcia
Publishers: Re-imagining Australia : Griffith Review Edition (19); 143-159

This essay highlights the political pressure and media coverage that culminated in the Commonwealth government’s intervention in Indigenous issues in the Northern Territory in 2007. In it, Langton examines the […]