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Report on Government Services 2004: Indigenous Compendium

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Authors: Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Publishers: Productivity Commission

This annual report collates Indigenous data from the Report on Government Services. The Report examines the performance of the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments in the provision of education, health, […]

AJAC Report – Caught Hook Line and Sinker

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This report was developed to raise discussion and awareness concerning traditional Aboriginal fishing rights and practices, and the consequences and implications under the Fisheries Management Act 1994. Furthermore, the paper […]

Research into the New Life Akoranga Programme of the Mahi Tahi Trust

Resources Dec,2003

Authors: Wehipeihana, Nan, Porima, Laurie, Spier, Philip
Publishers: New Zealand Ministry of Justice

The Mahi Tahi Trust works with prison inmates and their whanau (family), helping them to discover and recover traditional Maori principles, values and disciplines. The work is centred on four […]

ATSIS Law and Justice Program: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services

Resources Nov,2003

Authors: Australian National Audit Office
Publishers: Australian National Audit Office

Under its Law and Justice Program, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services (ATSIS) provides legal aid to Indigenous Australians, as well as preventative and diversionary services, support for the resolution […]

Evaluation of the Lismore MERIT Pilot Program: Final Report

Resources Oct,2003

Authors: Passey, Megan, Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health
Publishers: NSW Attorney General's Department

The Lismore Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) Pilot Program, a pre-plea early court intervention, was planned by the NSW Government in response to recommendations from the Drug Summit held […]

Court’ in the System: The Impact of the Circuiting Bush Court Upon Criminal Justice Administration and Domestic Violence Prosecution in Aboriginal Communities

Resources July,2003

Authors: Siegel, Natalie
Publishers: Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 15(1), pp56-60

Aboriginal Legal Service defence lawyers face uniquely challenging conditions when the Magistrates Court intermittently circuits remote Aboriginal communities and isolated towns in Northern Australia. Based on the findings of research […]

Categories of Indigenous ‘homeless’ people and good practice responses to their needs : final report

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Authors: Memmott, Paul, Long, Stephen, Chambers, Catherine, Spring, Frederick
Publishers: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

This research is concerned with the phenomenon of Indigenous homelessness in Australia. The project aimed to examine the definitions and constructs of ‘Indigenous homelessness’ found in the literature and to […]

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child for their Day of General Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Children

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Authors: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission of Australia
Publishers: The Australian Human Rights Commission

This submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child provides an overview of law and justice issues relating to Indigenous children. The submission deals with the […]

Early intervention : diversion and youth conferencing – a national profile and review of current approaches to diverting juveniles from the criminal justice system

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Authors: Polk, Kenneth, Adler, Christine Adler, Rechtman, Katherine
Publishers: Australian Department of the Attorney-General

This report provides a national profile of diversionary processes at different stages of the juvenile justice system across Australia. The study involved site visits to each state and territory, and […]

Final report on the South East Queensland Drug Court

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Authors: Makkai, Toni, Veraar, Keenan
Publishers: Australian Institute of Criminology

The final report on the South East Queensland Drug Court is the second of three reports that will form the basis of the evaluation of the South East Queensland Drug […]