Indigenous Affairs
CIS has been active in advocating for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to receive the same standards of education and health services that other Australians take for granted.
Poor education is a major factor behind high unemployment and welfare dependency, with many Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders living in appalling community housing and suffering from some of the highest rates of infectious diseases in the world. Work is needed to implement private property rights on communal title land and to address the high rates of alcohol and substance abuse rife in Indigenous communities.
Publications
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FEATURE: Reconciling Culture and Advancement
| 25 Feb 2013 | POLICY MagazineThis is the address and reply by Alison Anderson, NT Minister for Indigenous Advancement, to the NT Legislative Assembly... Read More...
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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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Indigenous Education 2012
| 27 Jun 2012 | Policy MonographsIndigenous Education 2012 reviews the lack of progress by states and territories in improving Indigenous literacy and numeracy.... Read More...
Opinion & Commentary
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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.... Read More
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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.... 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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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
Ideas@TheCentre
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A tale of two houses
| 24 May 2013For years, excuses have been used to hide the discriminatory state and federal policies that deny individual property rights ...
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Education is key for Aboriginal Australia
| 24 May 2013This budget is further evidence that governments remain addicted to spending, and that is why it is time for TARGET30....
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Funding students based on Indigeneity demeaning and wasteful
| 03 May 2013The Labor government continues to ignore the overwhelming evidence that funding is not a principal constraint on Indigenous ...
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The phantom coup and poll-driven politics
| 28 Mar 2013Pointing the finger at the apparent shortcomings of Australia’s political culture is a convenient explanation for the recent ...
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Don’t blame corporate sector for low Indigenous employment
| 22 Mar 2013Look to education rather than blaming the corporate sector for low Indigenous employment....
