Diane Smith
Strengthening Indigenous Community Governance: a step towards advancing Reconciliation in Australia
Topical Issue 4 / 2005
April 2005 - Strengthening Indigenous Community Governance
'Strengthening Indigenous Community Governance: a step towards advancing Reconciliation in Australia', a paper presented at Peace, Justice and Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific Region Conference, April 1-3 2005, Queensland University.
The right to negotiate under the 'Native Title Act 1993': its operation and proposed amendment
Issue Brief 22 / 1997
The provision of the right to negotiate is critical to future land management and resource development on claimed native title lands. It is also a key element of the recognition and protection of Indigenous native title rights to land. There has been mounting industry criticism concerning alleged delays and costs associated with the right to negotiate process. But there is also considerable confusion about how the right actually operates, and a lack of recognition of the outcomes achieved to date.
Ongoing poverty amongst Indigenous households
Issue Brief 8 / 1996
In the 1990s Indigenous households continue to experience high levels of poverty in comparison with other Australian households.
Characteristics of Indigenous households
Indigenous households are complex social and economic units. They differ in important ways from other Australian households:
CDEP as Urban Enterprise: Yarnteen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Corporation, Newcastle
Issue Brief 4 / 1996
At June 1996, the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme had 28,041 participants from 276 Indigenous communities. Its annual budget was $321.8 million. Urban communities continue to join the scheme. In March 1996, 28 per cent of participants were located in rural and urban areas. Fourteen per cent resided in New South Wales and Victoria, compared to 24 per cent in the Northern Territory.
Estimating the reliance of Aboriginal Australians on welfare: Some policy implications
Discussion Paper 19 / 1992
Abstract:
The Aboriginal Employment Development Policy has three broad aims: employment, income and welfare dependency equality between Aboriginal and other Australians by the year 2000. The paper focuses primarily on the third and least scrutinised of these goals: the reduction of Aboriginal welfare dependency to levels commensurate with that of the total population. 1986 Census data are initially used to estimate the relative significance of Aboriginal employment and non-employment income in aggregate terms.
An analysis of the Aboriginal component of Commonwealth fiscal flows to the Northern Territory
Discussion Paper 29 / 1992
Abstract:
This paper focuses on the Northern Territory (NT) as a case study for the examination of Commonwealth/State financial relations in the area of Aboriginal affairs. The paper considers in detail the procedures by which Commonwealth revenue is allocated to the Territory. It describes the role of the Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) in the budget process, and the impact of fiscal equalisation on the Territory's budgetary outcome.
Estimating Northern Territory Government program expenditure for Aboriginal people: problems and implications
Discussion Paper 30 / 1992
Abstract:
There are currently no administrative mechanisms whereby data relating to State expenditure on programs for Aboriginal people are disaggregated. This paper attempts to assess the existing level of State Government expenditure on both mainstream and specific programs for Aboriginal people. The Northern Territory (NT) is taken as a case study, using the NT Government's own reported expenditure breakdowns for the financial year 1990-91.
ATSIC's mechanisms for resource allocation: current policy and practice
Discussion Paper 41 / 1993
Abstract:
This paper is the first of two focusing on resource allocation policy and practice in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). The current approach to the distribution of funds is examined here, while CAEPR Discussion Paper No. 42 examines the potential relevance and implications of fiscal equalisation for ATSIC's future funding policy and practice.
The fiscal equalisation model: options for ATSIC's future funding policy and practice
Discussion Paper 42 / 1993
Abstract:
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) currently lacks integrated policy guidelines for its distribution of funds at regional, state and national levels. Smith (1993) examined ATSIC's existing financial powers and budgetary processes and argued that its financial objectives and the developing role of regional councils are hindered by the lack of funding policy and by an overly complex, functionally-based program structure.
Compensating Indigenous Australian 'losers': a community-oriented approach from the Aboriginal social policy arena
Discussion Paper 47 / 1993
Abstract:
The extent to which social policy should foster economic adaptation and compensate the 'losers' from economic forces is of growing concern to policy makers in the 1990s. From an Aboriginal policy perspective this concern is familiar. The recent endemic levels of unemployment experienced by the non-Aboriginal population have been a long-term experience for Indigenous Australians.
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