As part of a two phase project commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs, this report identifies alcohol and other drug intervention projects conducted by or for Indigenous Australians […]
In Smith v The Queen, the High Court ruled that identification evidence based on police inspection of a bank security camera photograph of a hooded, apparently Aboriginal bank robber, was […]
The Committee was required to inquire into the factors contributing to the inhalation of volatile substances; the adequacy of existing strategies for dealing with this; best practice strategies to address […]
This chapter provides an overview of issues facing Indigenous women in corrections. It presents a statistical overview of incarceration and recidivism rates for Indigenous women on a national and state […]
In the past decade, the harm to Indigenous people caused by excessive alcohol consumption has been increasingly acknowledged. A wide range of projects aimed at reducing such consumption and associated […]
This evaluation reviewed the effectiveness of, and community attitudes towards, increased restrictions on the availability of alcohol in Tennant Creek, NT. Estimates of alcohol consumption, admissions data from the local […]
Usually at the instigation of Indigenous community organisations, licensing authorities around Australia have imposed restrictions in a number of localities in remote and rural Australia. Evaluations of these restrictions have […]
This review aimed to identify which intervention strategies have been effective in reducing excessive consumption of alcohol, and related harm, among some segments of Australia’s Aboriginal population. The review examined […]
This study aimed to examine the effect of the application, and removal, in the Northern Territory of a levy on the sale of cask wine – a beverage shown to […]
Aboriginal Court Day, known to the local community as the Nunga Court, has been operating in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court (SA) since June 1999. The Nunga Court is designed […]