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.