The design and implementation of the Commonwealth government’s intervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities and the Queensland government’s welfare reform trials in Cape York have been presented as radical departures […]
Resources Oct,2009
This report presents the results of a consultation conducted by the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) on behalf of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs […]
The Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS) released a series of three policy papers directed at drawing focus to Aboriginal women and children as victims and survivors […]
This report provides a summary of the feedback received in community and public meetings on building stronger futures for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. Most legislated Northern Territory Emergency […]
This discussion paper, from the Australian Government, sets out priorities for building on the work of the National Territory Emergence Response (NTER) and identifies directions for reform, particularly to improve […]
The purpose of this position paper is to define the Territory policy response to the introduction of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) in June 2007. The NTER has delivered […]
Indigenous clients who receive support through Tenant Support Programs to sustain their tenancies, are linked to external support programs to meet their non-housing needs and avoid homelessness. This study identified […]
The purpose of the new Tasmanian drug strategy is to guide whole-of-government and community activities to reduce the harm associated with the use of licit and illicit drugs in Tasmania. […]
This article argues that structural racism systematically disadvantages Indigenous peoples in the contemporary politico-legal environment. The most recent example of institutional racism is the Commonwealth Intervention, enacted in 2007, which […]
Resources Aug,2007
In June 2007, the Prime Minister of Australia and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs declared a ‘national emergency’ with eleven measures aimed at combating child abuse and dysfunction in Indigenous […]