Kirrily Jordan
Wellbeing and Indigenous Australians
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
In recent years there has been an increasing recognition of the limits of GDP as a measure of 'progress' and a growing emphasis on notions of wellbeing, satisfaction, or quality of life. A number of alternative measures of national progress have emerged both in Australia and overseas, with some of the better known including the 'Australian Unity Wellbeing Index', the 'Genuine Progress Indicator' and the 'Happy Planet Index'. In common with these measures, economist Amartya Sen has rejected the notion that development can be measured purely by changes in personal income or GDP.
The untimely abolition of the Community Development Employment Program
Topical Issue 5 / 2009
May 2009 - The Abolition of CDEP
'The untimely abolition of the Community Development Employment Program'. This paper was prepared as a submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008. It focuses on proposed changes to the Social Security Act 1991 that would facilitate changes to the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme, and examines the serious potential consequences of abolishing CDEP as currently formulated in non-remote areas by July 2009 and remote areas by July 2011.
Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into Community Stores in Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
Topical Issue 4 / 2009
May 2009 - Community Stores in Remote Indigenous Communities
'Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into Community Stores in Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities'. This submission briefly addresses the Inquiry's three terms of reference: food supply, quality, cost and competition issues; the effectiveness of the Outback Store model and other private, public and community store models; and the impact of these factors on the health and economic outcomes of communities.
A Brief Commentary in Response to the Australian Government Discussion Paper ‘Optimising Benefits from Native Title Agreements’ and the Report of the Native Title Payments Working Group
Topical Issue 3 / 2009
May 2009 - Native Title Agreements and Payments
"A Brief Commentary in Response to the Australian Government Discussion Paper ‘Optimising Benefits from Native Title Agreements’ and the Report of the Native Title Payments Working Group".
Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into developing Indigenous enterprises
Topical Issue 11 / 2008
September 2008 - Indigenous Enterprise
A submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into developing Indigenous enterprises by Jon Altman and Kirrily Jordan. This submission highlights the emerging opportunities for Indigenous enterprise in natural resource management, including in the response to climate change, and the need to identify and support these activities.
[17 September 2008]
Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Australians: Submission to the Garnaut Climate Change Review
Topical Issue 3 / 2008
May 2008 - Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Australians: Submission to the Garnaut Climate Change Review
Indigenous Australians now own over 20 per cent of the continent under a number of different forms of tenure. Much of this Indigenous estate is in relatively intact environmental condition and has high biodiversity value. This submission is based on preliminary CAEPR research and highlights some of the potential costs of climate change to Indigenous Australians, and notes some of the positive contributions that Indigenous Australians might make to ameliorate anthropomorphic causes of global warming.
[19 May 2008]
Kirrily Jordan, Post-Doctoral Fellow
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