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Social conditions

Our children, our dreaming: a call for a more just approach for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families

Resources Jun,2013

Authors: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

Publishers: Healing Foundation, Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak Ltd, Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

Despite acknowledgement of the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in statutory child protection services across Australia and understanding of the impact or broader social and […]

Over-representation of Maori in the criminal justice system : an exploratory report

Resources Sept,2007

Authors: Policy, Strategy and Research Group, Department of Corrections

Publishers: Department of Corrections

Maori are disproportionately over-represented in criminal justice statistics to an alarming degree. This paper attempts to shed light on why this is so. It examines the issue by considering the […]

Patterns of mortality in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory, 1998-2003 : are people living in more remote areas worse off?

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Authors: Andreasyan, Karen, Hoy, Wendy

Publishers: Medical journal of Australia 2009, 190 (6)

The life expectancy of Indigenous Australians is about 17 years lower than that of the general Australian population. Using Australian Bureau of Statistics mortality data, this study, which aimed to […]

Policy Futures: A Reform Agenda, Issue 2

Resources November ,2022

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Publishers:

The inaugural Policy Futures: A Reform Agenda was launched at Parliament House in March 2021 by former Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon. Ken Wyatt AM, and was circulated nationally […]

Population and diversity: policy implications of emerging Indigenous demographic trends

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Authors: Taylor, John

Publishers: Australian National University

There is a compelling need for fresh perspective on the policy implications of Indigenous demographic trends. Current frameworks for considering the structural situation of Indigenous peoples are increasingly focused on […]

Reported gambling problems in the Indigenous and total Australian population

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Authors: Stevens, Matthew, Young, Martin

Publishers: Gambling Research Australia, Ministerial Council on Gambling

This study, commissioned via a grants process, investigates factors that correlate with gambling-related problems among the Indigenous population. The report conducts a literature review on gambling and Indigenous people, examines […]

Responding to petrol sniffing on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands : A case study

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Authors: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

Publishers: Social justice report 2003 / Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. Canberra : Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2004; 107-154

In September 2002, the South Australian Coroner brought down his findings in the inquests into the deaths of Kunmanara Ken, Kunmanara Hunt and Kunmanara Thompson, three young Anangu men who […]

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