Sara Hudson
Sara Hudson is a Research Fellow in the Indigenous Affairs Research Program at The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS). Her research focuses on issues affecting Indigenous Australians, including the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program, Indigenous homeownership, lack of accountability in Indigenous health, remote Indigenous stores, alcohol restrictions, and training for Aboriginal health workers.
Since joining the CIS in 2008, Sara has had numerous articles published in newspapers around the country and interviews on television and radio.
Before joining CIS, Sara worked as a policy adviser for the New Zealand Department of Labour, and in the Evaluation Unit of New Zealand Police. She has a Bachelor of Arts with first-class honours in criminology and anthropology from Victoria University, Wellington.
Publications by Author
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FEATURE: Enabling Indigenous Prosperity
| 25 Feb 2013 | POLICY MagazineIndigenous prosperity on Indigenous lands is possible only when we stop treating Aboriginal people as inherently different.
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Panacea to Prison? Justice Reinvestment in Indigenous Communities
| 31 Jan 2013 | Policy MonographsHigh Indigenous incarceration has elicited a long list of so-called solutions over the years. Yet the percentage of Aboriginal... Read More...
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Sustainability of Indigenous Communities
| 20 Dec 2012 | Occasional PapersSocial indicators of Indigenous disadvantage prove that the orthodox methods of delivering services to Indigenous people... Read More...
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Charlatan Training: How Aboriginal Health Workers Are Being Short-changed
| 21 Mar 2012 | Policy MonographsAboriginal Health Workers (AHWs) have been short changed. They have not only been provided with charlatan training but also... Read More...
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FEATURE: Ideology and Indigenous Policy
| 07 Feb 2012 | POLICY MagazineBiased policies have prevented remote Indigenous Australians from embracing change and moving forward.
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Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
| 18 Nov 2011 | SubmissionsAustralia has a serious problem in low participation in higher education by students from low socio-economic backgrounds.... Read More...
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Submission to Remote Participation and Employment Servicing Arrangements
| 11 Oct 2011 | SubmissionsThe Discussion Paper’s focus on participation and employment in remote Indigenous communities is welcome because it distinguishes... Read More...
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FEATURE: One Disease at a Time: Eradicating Scabies in East Arnhem Land
| 20 Aug 2011 | POLICY MagazineInspirational leadership can make a difference to Aboriginal health.
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Alcohol Restrictions in Indigenous Communities and Frontier Towns
| 06 Apr 2011 | Policy MonographsThe double standards applied to the enforcement of liquor legislation have contributed to the alcohol problems present in... Read More...
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Submission to the Indigenous Sub-committee of the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Services Provision. 2011
| 31 Jan 2011 | SubmissionsSubmission to the Indigenous Sub-committee of the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Services Provision. 2011 Overcoming... Read More...
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FaHCSIA Indigenous Economic Development Strategy 2010
| 17 Dec 2010 | SubmissionsGovernments state that their objective is for Indigenous townships to develop and prosper like mainstream Australian towns.... Read More...
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Submission to Indigenous Home Ownership Issues Paper 2010
| 15 Dec 2010 | SubmissionsPart 1 of this submission shows that incorrect data and lack of analysis on Indigenous home ownership continues to mislead... Read More...
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FEATURE: Living in Two Worlds—Reconciling Tradition and Modernity in Aboriginal Life
| 14 Dec 2010 | POLICY MagazineThe Jewish people offer a guide to how a distinct Aboriginal cultural identity can be maintained in the modern world.
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Submission to Native Title Leading Practice Agreements Discussion Paper 2010
| 30 Nov 2010 | SubmissionsThe Native Title process is only one of the processes returning land to traditional owners. The lack of benefits to the Indigenous... Read More...
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Private Housing on Indigenous Lands
| 17 Nov 2010 | Policy MonographsLegislation and programs to introduce private housing and businesses on Indigenous land are flawed. Tenure of Indigenous... Read More...
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Healthy Stores, Healthy Communities: The Impact of Outback Stores on Remote Indigenous Australians
| 17 Jun 2010 | Issue AnalysisThe federal government’s initiative to improve remote community stores is crowding out the competition and not delivering... Read More...
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BOOK REVIEW: Up from the Mission: Selected writings
| 12 Dec 2009 | POLICY MagazineUp from the Mission: Selected Writings by Noel Pearson (Black Inc, 2009).
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FEATURE: Shopping for Health
| 12 Dec 2009 | POLICY MagazineImproving health conditions in remote Indigenous communities depdends on better stores. Often the local store is the only... Read More...
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Closing the Accountability Gap: The First Step Towards Better Indigenous Health
| 03 Dec 2009 | Policy MonographsSara Hudson argues that the untargeted nature of government spending in indigenous health means that it is difficult to know... Read More...
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New Inquiry — Remote Community Stores in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Communities 2009
| 29 Jul 2009 | SubmissionsCommunities in the Northern Territory and in other native title areas need to have private property rights if they are to... Read More...
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From Rhetoric to Reality: Can 99-year Leases Lead to Homeownership for Indigenous Communities?
| 05 Mar 2009 | Policy MonographsThe lack of private property rights on communal title land has prevented Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders from becoming... Read More...
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OPINION: Out With the Old: Are the CDEP Reforms Enough?
| 12 Dec 2008 | POLICY MagazineMaking Indigenous Australians in remote communities work-ready requires much more than changes to CDEP.
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CDEP: Help or Hindrance? The Community Development Employment Program and its Impact on Indigenous Australians
| 02 Jul 2008 | Policy MonographsEstablished more than thirty years ago, the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program has expanded to range... Read More...
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Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities 2008
| 20 Mar 2008 | SubmissionsSubmission to the Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities 2008. The findings of this research... Read More...
Opinion & Commentary by Author
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Let’s get serious about tackling indigenous violence
| 05 Mar 2013 | The PunchFor many remote Indigenous people, life is so bad that jail is often a better option.
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To get Aborigines out of jail give them education and jobs
| 07 Feb 2013 | The AustralianRather than continuing to focus on applying 'culturally appropriate' responses to indigenous disadvantage, we should focus... Read More
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Progress is possible in remote Aboriginal lands
| 02 Jan 2013 | The AustralianIt is possible to make a real difference in remote Aboriginal communities, provided there is genuine commitment and engagement.
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The right to drink
| 15 Oct 2012 | ON LINE OpinionNot everyone behaves responsibly when consuming alcohol, and some restrictions on alcohol are arguably necessary for a civil... Read More
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Better schooling, not uni quotas
| 02 Oct 2012 | The AustralianLARISSA Behrendt's recent report recommends doubling the proportion of indigenous students at universities. Only 1.09 per... Read More
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Lack of opportunity leads to poverty on Indigenous lands
| 04 Sep 2012 | Online OpinionPoverty, underinvestment and mal-investment are an unholy trinity on many First Nations reserves.
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Different justice?
| 06 Aug 2012 | ON LINE OpinionTreating Aboriginal people differently causes more problems than it solves and sets a dangerous precedence that other ethnic... Read More
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APY Lands women say income management ensures kids have enough to eat
| 31 Jul 2012 | The AdvertiserOpinion is divided over the impact of income management on indigenous communities.
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What Price friends?
| 23 May 2012 | ON LINE OpinionPrice has been called a puppet because of her support of the intervention, but it is hard to argue with what she wants for... Read More
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Literacy problems hidden behind culturally separate careers
| 21 Mar 2012 | The DrumOne of the primary reasons for the problems experienced by AHWs is ambivalence about the need for English literacy and numeracy.... Read More
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What price an education?
| 14 Mar 2012 | Online OpinionInstead of viewing poor academic performance among some Aboriginal children as an Indigenous problem, government should view... Read More
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Education crucial to Aboriginal jobs
| 02 Feb 2012 | Australian Financial ReviewThe problem is not a shortage of jobs in the mining sector. More local Aboriginal people would be employed in mines if they... Read More
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An Indigenous program that’s boxing clever
| 20 Jan 2012 | The PunchAt risk Aboriginal youth are given an outlet to build self esteem through a boxing program with Redfern police.
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NT intervention: action better than apathy
| 28 Nov 2011 | The DrumIt is hypocritical that the very same people who lament the gross violation of Aboriginal rights carried out under the intervention... Read More
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Changing expectations of Aboriginal school attendance
| 18 Oct 2011 | The DrumIf my son wasn't hassled every time he was late to school then he would probably continue to be late. If there were no consequences,... Read More
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Degrees of difference
| 22 Aug 2011 | Online OpinionMany people have taken umbrage at this arguing that having a separate form for some remote communities is an example of 'positive... Read More
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Census apartheid: separate form separates a community
| 10 Aug 2011 | The DrumThe use of a separate Census form for some discrete Indigenous communities is not only state-sanctioned apartheid but statistically... Read More
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Lands where no one can feel at home
| 25 Jun 2011 | The AustralianIndigenous ‘community’ a misnomer.
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False notions of Indigenous community
| 15 Jun 2011 | ABC NewsIndigenous communities are not homogenous.
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Bar must be raised to curb pub violence
| 07 Jun 2011 | The Newcastle HeraldFollow NSW and crack down on problem pubs.
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Back to six-pack politics
| 26 May 2011 | Sydney Morning Herald'Wet canteens' have been tried and utterly failed in indigenous communities.
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Petty name-calling just adds to polarisation
| 12 May 2011 | The AustralianIncreasing polarisation emerges in the aftermath of Larissa Behrendt’s tweet on Bess Price’s support of the NTI.
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Apartheid at the local pub
| 06 Apr 2011 | The AustralianDouble standards in the responsible service of alcohol have contributed to the growing alcohol problem in remote indigenous... Read More
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Education the key to living in two worlds
| 08 Mar 2011 | Online OpinionKey to the maintenance of a cultural or ethnic identity is the passing on of cultural knowledge and fostering a positive... Read More
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Aborigines should be given houses for free
| 08 Dec 2010 | The Newcastle HeraldIndigenous people are locked out of home ownership.
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Education is only way out of ghettos
| 09 Nov 2010 | The AustralianSeparate schooling is disadvantaging indigenous children in remote communities.
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Collective apathy: alcohol and child abuse in the NT
| 09 Nov 2010 | ABC NewsWhat has been tolerated in Aboriginal communities would never have been tolerated in the major cities and towns of Australia.
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Little Gungaleeda girl: a preventable tragedy
| 01 Sep 2010 | ABC NewsThe death of the 'little Gungaleeda girl' is a tragic outcome of poorly resourced medical care in remote Indigenous communities,... Read More
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Government doing something for Indigenous people not with them ...
| 29 Jun 2010 | Online OpinionWithout community engagement Outback Stores will be yet another example of government doing something for Indigenous people... Read More
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Outback Stores is not the solution
| 29 Jun 2010 | The Canberra TimesRather than running stores for Indigenous communities, Outback Stores should be empowering residents to run the stores themselves,... Read More
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An unhealthy blow to competition
| 17 Jun 2010 | The AustralianOutback Stores risks becoming another example of the government doing something for Indigenous Australians rather than with... Read More
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Would-be Indigenous homeowners abandoned
| 18 May 2010 | The AustralianThe redirection of funds away from the Home Ownership on Indigenous Land program signals that remote Indigenous Australian’s... Read More
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Aborigines hurt by the stereotype of suffering
| 12 May 2010 | The Sydney Morning HeraldThe majority of Indigenous Australians don’t need government hand-outs but unfortunately they hardly get any recognition.
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Another brick in the wall
| 04 Mar 2010 | ABC NewsPublic housing cannot remain the only option in Indigenous communities. If residents of remote communities could access some... Read More
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Competitive disadvantage is hardly the healthiest option
| 02 Jan 2010 | The AustralianDetermining the appropriate level of government responsibility is a vexed issue. Nowhere is this more apparent than in remote... Read More
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Where Does all the money go?
| 12 Dec 2009 | Open ForumOne of the reasons why increased funding has failed to make any significant inroads in closing the appalling health ‘gaps’... Read More
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Wasting money damages Aboriginal health
| 10 Dec 2009 | The AustralianPublic hospital reform wasn't the only issue put on the backburner at this week's Council of Australian Governments meeting... Read More
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Hale and hearty, say their parents
| 03 Dec 2009 | The AustralianNinety-seven per cent of Indigenous children are reported to be in excellent, very good, or good health, but these findings... Read More
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A sense of despair at Indigenous housing policy
| 12 Nov 2009 | Online OpinionDespite billions of dollars being spent, residents of remote communities still don't have enough houses. What houses there... Read More
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Environment before people, says Wilderness Society
| 06 Aug 2009The misanthropic attitude of conservationists was revealed last week when a group of Aboriginal protestors from Cape York... Read More
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Statistics obscure the truth
| 07 Jul 2009 | The AustralianThe media has been quick to sensationalise the statistics in the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report released last... Read More
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Permits will throttle growth towns
| 18 Jun 2009 | The AustralianThe Northern Territory government's tourism department recently mounted an advertising campaign encouraging people to ‘make... Read More
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Is more money for Alice Springs town camps the answer?
| 08 May 2009The federal government is offering $125 million to the Alice Spring town camps in an attempt to resolve the deadlock over... Read More
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NZ should stay put on UN Indigenous declaration
| 13 Apr 2009 | NZCPRRecently Prime Minister John Key was caught musing over whether New Zealand should follow Australia’s lead and sign up... Read More
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Indigenous people in NT deserve fair go at private homeownership
| 29 Mar 2009 | The Straits TimesOn the surface, the recent government decision to provide funding for new public housing to four troubled communities in... Read More
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Aborigines shut out on home front
| 11 Mar 2009 | The AustralianAmong the multitude of policy failures in Aboriginal communities, public housing is poorly designed and constructed, with... Read More
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Out with the Outstations?
| 19 Oct 2008 | Sunday TerritorianAfter thirty years, it finally seems the Northern Territory government is acknowledging the failures of the outstation movement.... Read More
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Leadership can make all the difference in a CDEP organisation
| 11 Oct 2008 | The Sydney Morning HeraldThis week the Rudd Government announced sweeping changes to the Community Development Employment Projects program, an indigenous... Read More
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Welfare stretcher at bottom of cliff
| 08 Oct 2008 | The AustralianThe federal Government has announced that it is reforming the Community Development Employment Program, an Aboriginal work-for-the-dole... Read More
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Stepping away from CDEP
| 21 Aug 2008The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program was established to help Indigenous Australians move from welfare... Read More
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South Australia – the forgotten state no longer?
| 19 Aug 2008 | The Adelaide AdvertiserYesterday the federal government finally came to the party and acknowledged that it has failed Indigenous communities in... Read More
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Employment is the Key
| 14 Aug 2008 | Alice Springs NewsAt the Male Health Summit on 3 July 2008, over three hundred Aboriginal men from across Australia got together to discuss... Read More
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CDEP is no substitute for local government services
| 20 Jul 2008 | The Sunday TerritorianFrom 1 July 2008, eight new ‘supershires’ have taken over local government in the Northern Territory. Excluded from this... Read More
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Welfare that's not working
| 09 Jul 2008 | The AustralianThe Community Development Employment Projects program was introduced to replace unemployment benefits for indigenous Australians,... Read More
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Let local Indigenous communities decide who comes and goes
| 21 Feb 2008 | The AustralianThe Rudd Government's legislation to restore the permit system for access to indigenous settlements in the Northern Territory... Read More
Ideas@TheCentre by Author
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Exposing the dysfunctional old beast of Indigenous policy
| 05 Apr 2013 | Ideas@The CentreIt is heartening to see more people acknowledging the devastating impact ‘the culture of separatism’ has had on Indigenous... Read More
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Don’t blame corporate sector for low Indigenous employment
| 22 Mar 2013 | Ideas@The CentreLook to education rather than blaming the corporate sector for low Indigenous employment.
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Time for some commonsense in Indigenous affairs
| 01 Mar 2013 | Ideas@The CentreMarcia Langton this week called for more partnerships between Indigenous communities and high-performing schools.
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Justice Reinvestment no ‘panacea’ to prison
| 01 Feb 2013 | Ideas@The CentreTo address the underlying causes of Indigenous offending, we need to focus on education and employment.
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Australia Day, Invasion Day or Survival Day?
| 25 Jan 2013 | Ideas@The CentreMany Aboriginal people view Australia Day as a day of mourning and refer to it as Invasion Day or Survival Day.
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Crying foul over alcohol laws
| 14 Dec 2012 | Ideas@The CentreThe Aboriginal Industry focuses on racism rather than supporting practical measures to address Indigenous disadvantage.
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Right idea, wrong approach
| 30 Nov 2012 | Ideas@The CentreAboriginal people living on Indigenous land should have the same opportunities for private homeownership as all other Australians.
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The emperor’s new clothes
| 16 Nov 2012 | Ideas@The CentreWe need to start treating Indigenous disadvantage as a problem that can be solved.
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The right to drink
| 12 Oct 2012 | Ideas@The CentreNot everyone behaves responsibly when consuming alcohol, and some restrictions on alcohol are arguably necessary for a civil... Read More
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First things first ... Priorities in Indigenous education
| 21 Sep 2012 | Ideas@The CentreDoubling the proportion of Indigenous students at universities would add to the plethora of pointless programs aimed at closing... Read More
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Government responsible for poor Indigenous outcomes, not culture
| 31 Aug 2012 | Ideas@The CentreAboriginal people, like all other Australians, should have the opportunity to become private home and business owners on... Read More
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Putting children’s needs before issues of racism
| 09 Aug 2012 | Ideas@The CentreThe voices of women and children suffering in remote Indigenous communities are often silenced by the more powerful men in... Read More
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When to move town
| 20 Jul 2012 | Ideas@The CentreShould small remote Indigenous towns be allowed to naturally decline or do we do something about it?
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Home, sweet home
| 13 Jul 2012 | Ideas@The CentreAfter generations of decrepit public housing, Baniyala families will finally have the option of building and living in new... Read More
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Freedom to play
| 29 Jun 2012 | Ideas@The CentreAustralia is fostering a risk-averse culture where people are reluctant to put themselves or their children ‘at risk’.
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Mabo and the concept of ownership
| 08 Jun 2012 | Ideas@The CentreThe 20th anniversary of the Mabo decision is a timely opportunity to review the perception that the only way Aboriginal people... Read More
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Address the demand for alcohol, not the supply
| 25 May 2012 | Ideas@The CentreFor long-term changes, governments should be tackling the reasons why people are drinking rather than simply controlling... Read More
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Government furphy on Indigenous homeownership
| 11 May 2012 | Ideas@The CentreIt is disingenuous to ask Aboriginal people to build houses on Indigenous land without letting them access money from the... Read More
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No more dreaming of CDEP
| 04 May 2012 | Ideas@The CentreDespite its good intentions, CDEP ended up hindering rather than helping Indigenous people.
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I never said Aboriginal health workers are charlatans
| 13 Apr 2012 | Ideas@The CentreCriticism of the Aboriginal health industry and RTOs is not the same as attacking AHWs personally.
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Separate training system fails Aboriginal people
| 23 Mar 2012 | Ideas@The CentreAboriginal Health Workers are being short changed when it comes to training and position description.
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Separate schools not the answer
| 09 Mar 2012 | Ideas@The CentreSeparate doesn’t mean better and throwing money at a problem isn’t an effective way to solve the education gap between... Read More
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Amnesty on truth
| 10 Feb 2012 | Ideas@The CentreAmnesty International complains a lot without offering any real solutions.
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Training must lead to employment
| 13 Jan 2012 | Ideas@The CentreThe report Walk in My Shoes, released by Generation One on 23 December 2011, found that many Aboriginal people are trapped... Read More
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Lazy not a disorder
| 02 Dec 2011 | Ideas@The CentreKids who are allowed to play video games all day shouldn’t be labelled with a disorder – their parents should be labelled... Read More
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Individualism does not mean being self-centred
| 04 Nov 2011 | Ideas@The CentreIndividualism is not about being self-centred but about recognising that you are responsible for your own actions and how... Read More
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Sigh, another review
| 07 Oct 2011 | Ideas@The CentreAnother government review into Aboriginal welfare but will it result in any policy changes?
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Dying before their time
| 23 Sep 2011 | Ideas@The CentreSara Hudson writes about the deplorable condition and despair in Aboriginal communities she saw on her recent trip to Central... Read More
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Missing the point with silly questions
| 26 Aug 2011 | Ideas@The CentreTo properly evaluate income management we need to look beyond people’s perspectives of it and explore whether or not it... Read More
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Census Apartheid
| 05 Aug 2011 | Ideas@The CentreTuesday, 9th August, is Census night. Across the country Australians will be filling in the official Census Household Form.... Read More
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A day of transformation
| 08 Jul 2011 | Ideas@The CentreNAIDOC week is good time for all Australians to celebrate Indigenous culture.
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Dump deal showcases Aboriginal property issues
| 17 Jun 2011 | Ideas@The CentreControversial nuclear facility on Aboriginal land highlights the inadequacy of Indigenous land rights.
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Polarisation in Indigenous Affairs
| 06 May 2011 | Ideas@The CentreIncreasing polarization emerges in the aftermath of Larissa Behrendt’s tweet on Bess Price’s support of the NTI.
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Double standards to blame for alcohol problem
| 08 Apr 2011 | Ideas@The CentreMany of the alcohol restrictions now in places across the Far North may not have been necessary if existing liquor legislation... Read More
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Straddling black fella and white fella laws
| 25 Mar 2011 | Ideas@The CentreBess Nungarrayi Price, an activist against violence and chairwoman of the Northern Territory’s Indigenous Affairs Advisory... Read More
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Absence of controls on alcohol and too much welfare a deadly combination
| 04 Mar 2011 | Ideas@The CentreThe difference between Sydney and Alice Springs are the different standards applied to alcohol consumption.
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Enabling homeownership on Indigenous lands is vital
| 18 Feb 2011 | Ideas@The CentreEnabling private homeownership on Indigenous lands is vital but will require policy reform.
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Banging on about homeownership is starting to have an effect but will bureaucrats bungle it?
| 10 Dec 2010 | Ideas@The CentreThankfully governments are slowly waking up to the importance of private homeownership on Indigenous lands.
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Rebuilding social norms
| 03 Dec 2010 | Ideas@The CentreThe building of social norms is the impetus behind the Cape York Welfare Reform project being trialed in four Cape York communities.
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Separate is never equal
| 05 Nov 2010 | Ideas@The CentreThere is not a black way of educating a child or a white way of educating a child but the right way.
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A dangerous coupling
| 22 Oct 2010 | Ideas@The CentreAlthough the NT government's report 'Growing them Strong, Together' notes the impact of alcohol on Indigenous children and... Read More
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Overcoming a culture of low expectations
| 08 Oct 2010 | Ideas@The CentreThe different standards between remote Indigenous schools and mainstream schools, and the culture of low expectations, are... Read More
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Community initiatives more effective
| 17 Sep 2010 | Ideas@The CentreA while ago, in an attempt to install some order into my chaotic household, I followed some advice I had read in a parenting... Read More
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Greens' backward Indigenous policy could risk bipartisan understanding
| 20 Aug 2010 | Ideas@The CentreThe Greens' backing of Aboriginal self-determination has won it the support of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, which in... Read More
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Education key to living in two worlds
| 30 Jul 2010 | Ideas@The CentreIn his speech at the opening dinner of the Centre’s annual Consilium conference last week, Noel Pearson raised the point... Read More
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A world away - Halls Creek, a remote town in WA
| 16 Jul 2010 | Ideas@The CentreInspired by the alcohol restrictions in the nearby town of Fitzroy Crossing, two local women lobbied to have the same rules... Read More
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Income Management for all a courageous step forwards
| 25 Jun 2010 | Ideas@The CentreFederal parliament this week passed laws that will subject non-Indigenous welfare recipients in the Northern Territory to... Read More
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Government monopoly in the outback
| 18 Jun 2010 | Ideas@The CentreFor those of us living in cities and towns, it is hard to imagine having only one store to shop at – but this is the problem... Read More
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Why income management is not failing
| 11 Jun 2010 | Ideas@The CentreIn an unprecedented move this week, the federal government released a report refuting a Menzies Health Centre study on income... Read More
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HOIL no more
| 14 May 2010 | Ideas@The CentreThe federal budget’s ‘redirection’ of $56 million of unused capital from its failed Homeownership on Indigenous Land... Read More
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The forgotten Indigenous Australians
| 23 Apr 2010 | Ideas@The CentreThis week Channel Ten’s 7pm Project did a report on whether Australia is racist. It raised a few questions – specifically... Read More
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Money doesn’t grow on trees
| 19 Mar 2010 | Ideas@The CentreOpposition Leader Tony Abbott’s decision to support Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin’s income management bill... Read More
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Groundhog Day for new housing
| 26 Feb 2010 | Ideas@The CentreDespite extensive consultation with communities in the Northern Territory about what type of new houses they would like as... Read More
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Report card on Indigenous disadvantage
| 29 Jan 2010 | Ideas@The CentreLast year, the Prime Minister failed to keep his election promise to deliver a report card on the government’s progress... Read More
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End exploitative practices in the outback
| 22 Jan 2010 | Ideas@The CentreThe Australian recently reported Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin’s scathing response to the loan shark who plagues... Read More
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Latest Indigenous health scheme shows policymakers are still in ‘la la land’
| 18 Dec 2009 | Ideas@The CentreChronic diseases, in particular cardiovascular disease, are the biggest single killers of Indigenous people. But the government’s... Read More
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Indigenous health suffers from lack of accountability
| 04 Dec 2009 | Ideas@The CentreGiven the abysmal health of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders living in Indigenous communities, no one disputes the... Read More
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Aboriginal men need jobs, not more programs
| 13 Nov 2009 | Ideas@The CentreA new Australian Medical Association (AMA) report says a lack of purpose in Aboriginal men’s lives has had a profound impact... Read More
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Blinding trachoma still plagues Australian outback
| 09 Oct 2009 | Ideas@The CentreAustralia has the unenviable distinction of being the only developed country in the world to still have trachoma.
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A tale of two houses
| 04 Sep 2009 | Ideas@The CentreOnce upon a time in a community called Baniyala, the houses were old, there weren’t enough houses, and there was no house... Read More
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Indigenous housing built on words
| 17 Jul 2009 | Ideas@The CentreIf only houses were built of words instead of stones, the government would be well on track with its Indigenous housing program.... Read More
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Picking on soft targets
| 12 Jun 2009 | Ideas@The CentreThe case of the Northern Territory teenager known as Kunmanara is yet another example of the failure of government to protect... Read More
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Welfare of unborn children versus women’s right to drink
| 03 Apr 2009 | Ideas@The CentreThe struggle for liberals is to strike the right balance between individual liberty and protecting the rights of others.
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Homeownership for remote Indigenous communities
| 06 Mar 2009 | Ideas@The CentreAs part of the ‘Apology to the Stolen Generation,’ the Rudd government promised to spend $1.6 billion on a five-year... Read More
