What's New At CAEPR: Full Listing
Reviewing the Northern Territory Intervention: Seminar
Recordings
'Reviewing the Northern Territory intervention one year on: Conceptual and methodological considerations and some observations', a CAEPR seminar by Jon Altman, presented on 25 June 2008. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening. [25 June 2008]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
'Development' in Indigenous Australia: Seminar
Recordings
"'Development' in Indigenous Australia: international meanings and local approaches", a CAEPR seminar by Janet Hunt, presented on 11 June 2008. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening. [25 June 2008]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
Literacy and Social Practice: Seminar
Recordings
'Literacy and remote Indigenous youth: Why social practice matters', a CAEPR seminar by Jerry Schwab and Inge Kral, presented on 4 June 2008. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening. [25 June 2008]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
CAEPR Topical Issue: Re-engaging CDEP
'Re-engaging the economic with the social', by Frances Morphy, a submission and response to the Australian Government's Increasing Indigenous Economic Opportunity: a discussion paper on the future of the CDEP and Indigenous employment programs. This submission engages with perceived failures in the discussion paper's conceptualisation of the CDEP target population, and provides several case studies from the Yolngu perspective. [25 June 2008]
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Indigenous Population Change—Working
Paper 43
'Locations of Indigenous Population Change: What Can We Say?' by J. Taylor and N. Biddle. The ABS 2006 Post Enumeration Survey confirmed a census net undercount in remote Indigenous settlements. The analytical and policy issues that arise from this revolve around a simple question: how can we be sure that we are measuring the same population over time? This paper seeks to provide an answer to this question by modelling the contribution of net migration to small area population change. It also seeks to address the concerns of population analysts by using a non-jurisdictional typology of Indigenous settlement reflective of different residential arrangements. This is the inaugural paper in what will become a series of CAEPR Working Papers co-badged with the Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
This document is available for download. [18 June 2008]
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CAEPR Topical Issue: Lands of Shame
A review of Helen Hughes’ Lands of Shame: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ‘Homelands’ in Transition (Centre for Independent Studies, 2007) by Boyd Hunter. A version of this review was published in The Economic Record, 84(265) 279–81.
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Politics of the Gap: Seminar
Recordings
"The politics of 'the gap' in Australia and New Zealand", a CAEPR seminar by Tim Rowse, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU, presented on 28 May 2008. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening. [28 May 2008]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
Indigenous Freshwater Rights—Working
Paper 42
'Indigenous legal rights to freshwater: Australia in the international context' by M. Durette. The paper undertakes a comparative overview of the law as it pertains to Indigenous rights in freshwater in four countries: the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. It is organised around four themes of particular concern to contemporary Indigenous Australians: ownership of water, water rights, commercial rights, and management rights. To date, the law, especially in Australia, has been relatively silent as to the water rights of Indigenous people. It is useful then to undertake a comparison of the legal developments overseas as a means of gaining insight into how Indigenous Australians might protect their legal interests in freshwater.
This document is available for download. [26 May 2008]
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CAEPR Topical Issue: Remote Housing
Indigenous Housing Tenure in Remote Areas: Directions and Constraints, by Will Sanders. This paper explores directions and constraints in remote area housing tenure through census statistics and a regional case study. It argues that land title is not the key impediment to, or constraint on, home ownership in remote Aboriginal communities, but rather that the key constraint is the economic status of the residents of such communities. [23 May 2008]
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CAEPR Topical Issue: Re-vitalising CDEP
'Re-vitalising the Community Development Employment Program in the Northern Territory', by Jon Altman and Will Sanders, a submission prepared in response to the Northern Territory
Government's Review of Community Development
Employment Program discussion paper. The submission, focusing mainly on CAEPR research findings produced since 1990, provides evidence-based research findings that the Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) scheme is an important and beneficial program for Northern Territory Aboriginal communities and individuals. [23 May 2008]
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Aurukun Welfare Trials: Seminar
Recordings
'Potemkin in Cape York: The Politics of Misrepresentation in Aurukun's Welfare Reform Trials', a CAEPR seminar by Philip Martin, Doctoral Scholar, School of Philosophy, Anthropology & Social Inquiry, University of Melbourne, presented on 2 April 2008. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening. [22 May 2008]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
Sustainable Mining Agreements: Seminar
Recordings
'Challenges for sustainable governance in the development and
implementation of comprehensive mining agreements', a CAEPR seminar by David Martin, presented on 21 May 2008. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar, together with seminar handouts, are now available for
listening. [22 May 2008]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
CAEPR Topical Issue: 2008 Federal Indigenous Budget
The 2008 federal Budget shows overwhelming evidence of continuing policy inertia in Indigenous Affairs. First published in Crikey, 15 May 2008.
[20 May 2008]
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CAEPR Topical Issue: Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous
Australians
This submission by Jon Altman and Kirrily Jordan to the Garnaut Climate Change Review 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]
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CAEPR Topical Issue: Water Values & Rights
This report by Jon Altman assisted by Virginie Branchut was prepared for the North Australian Indigenous Land & Sea Management Alliance's (NAILSMA) Indigenous Water Policy Group. It describes the current governance of water in the Maningrida region in central Arnhem Land.
[19 May 2008]
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Mobility & Service Delivery—Working
Paper 41
'The entangled relationship between Indigenous spatiality and government service delivery' by S. Prout. This document is available for download. [16 May 2008]
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Intervention Ground Zero: Seminar
Recordings
'Living through a National Emergency: A view of the Intervention from Ground Zero', a CAEPR seminar by Bill Fogarty and Marisa Fogarty, presented on 7 May 2008. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening, together with PDF slide handouts. [12 May 2008]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
Caring For Country: Seminar
Recordings
'Caring for Country: An overview of Aboriginal land management in the Top End of the Northern Territory', a CAEPR seminar by Séan Kerins, presented on 30 April 2008. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening, together with PDF slide handouts. [30 April 2008]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
Closing the Gaps
'The Challenge of ‘Closing the Gaps’ in Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes' by Jon Altman, Nicholas Biddle and Boyd Hunter. This briefing paper, prepared for the Australia 2020 Summit, examines trends and predictions for key Indigenous socioeconomic indicators using census data from 1971 to 2006, and projects current trends forward to 2041. [17 April 2008]
Click here to download 'Closing the Gaps'. (2.5 Mb PDF file).
Indigenous Education Futures
'Education, Training and Indigenous Futures CAEPR Policy Research: 1990-2007' by Adrian M. Fordham and R.G. (Jerry) Schwab was commissioned by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs. The report and extensive accompanying research summaries examine CAEPR's education-related research outputs between 1990 and 2007. It is an invaluable resource for education policymakers, researchers, and teachers. [4 April 2008]
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Crime, Fertility and Indigenous Female Labour—Working
Paper 40
'Interactions between crime and fertility in the labour supply of Indigenous Australian women', by B.H. Hunter and A.E. Daly. This document is available for download.
Click here for further information. [27 March 2008]
Indigenous Labour Supply Constraints—Working
Paper 39
'Indigenous Labour Supply Constraints in the West Kimberley', by J. Taylor. This document is available for download.
Click here for further information. [27 March 2008]
CAEPR 2007 Annual Report
The CAEPR 2007 Annual Report is now available for downloading
as a PDF file (91 pp., 4.4 Meg). The Report details the Centre's
operations and research outputs for 2007. [27 March 2008]
Click here to download the CAEPR 2007 Annual Report
CAEPR Topical Issue: Failure, Evidence & New Ideas
Jenny Macklin, the federal Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, delivered a directions speech entitled 'Closing The Gap' to the National Press Club on 27 February 2008. This is Janet Hunt's response, first published in The Canberra Times on 29 February 2008. [4 March 2008]
Click here for further information.
ICGP 2007 Annual Report
This is the final Annual Report from the Indigenous Community Governance Project, an ARC Linkage Project between CAEPR and Reconciliation Australia. [4 March 2008]
Click here for ICGP 2007 Annual Report [346 KB PDF]
Indigenous Governance Matters—February 2008
The second edition of Indigenous Governance Matters
(No. 2) is now available for download from the Indigenous Community Governance Project. This online series of issue papers is aimed at policy-makers, Indigenous leaders, and Indigenous community organisations. This edition focuses on 'Institutions for governing—The rules of the governance game'. [29 February 2008]
Click here for Indigenous Governance Matters No. 2 [926 KB PDF]
CAEPR Seminar Series 1, 2008
Our first CAEPR Seminar Series for 2008 runs from 05 March to
25 June. Presenters engage research topics in Indigenous Affairs
from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. [26 February 2008]
Click here for the program of CAEPR Seminar Series 1, 2008.
CAEPR Research Plan 2008-2010
The Centre's current research is detailed in the CAEPR Research
Plan 2008-2010, now available online. [5 February 2008]
Click here for CAEPR Research Plan 2008-2010 (1.3 Meg PDF document).
Click here for further information.
Indigenous Governance Matters—January 2008
This is the first in a new online series, Indigenous Governance Matters
(No. 1, updated), produced as part of the ARC Indigenous
Community Governance Project in partnership with Reconciliation Australia. The series is aimed at policy-makers, Indigenous leaders, and Indigenous community organisations. This issue focuses on the 'Who, what, where, and how of Indigenous governance'. [29 January 2008]
Click here for Indigenous Governance Matters No. 1 [935 KB PDF]
Equality and Difference—Working
Paper 38
'Equality and difference arguments in Australian Indigenous affairs: Examples from income support and housing', by W. Sanders. This document is available for download.
Click here for further information. [29 January 2008]
Agency, Contingency and Census Process—CAEPR Research
Monograph 28
'Agency, contingency and census process
Observations of the 2006 Indigenous Enumeration Strategy in remote Aboriginal Australia', edited by Frances Morphy.
Available now as both print-on-demand and in free electronic
versions (PDF, HTML, mobile device) through ANU
E Press. [14 December 2007]
Click here for further information.
Indigenous Rights in Commercial Fisheries—Working
Paper 37
'Indigenous property rights in commercial fisheries: Canada, New Zealand and Australia compared', by M. Durette. This document is available for download.
Click here for further information. [5 December 2007]
Community
Governance newsletter—November 2007
This is the final edition for 2007 of the Community Governance
newsletter (Vol. 3, No. 3), produced as part of the ARC Indigenous
Community Governance Project in partnership with Reconciliation Australia. This edition focusses on the responses of two Aboriginal organisations in the Northern Territory (NT) to the Federal Government's 'intervention'; thinking locally and acting regionally at Anmatjere in the NT; and regional partnerships from the 'bottom up'. [5 November 2007]
Click here for CG newsletter Vol. 3, No.3 [696 KB PDF]
The Social Effects of Native Title—CAEPR Research
Monograph 27
'The Social Effects of Native Title:
Recognition, Translation, Coexistence',
edited by B.R. Smith and F. Morphy.
Available now as both print-on-demand and in free electronic
versions (PDF, HTML, mobile device) through ANU
E Press. [25 October 2007]
Click here for further information.
Nodal Networks: Seminar
Recordings
'(Im)mobility: further thoughts on the nodal network model for regional population structures in north east Arnhem Land ', a CAEPR seminar by Frances Morphy, presented on 25 October 2007. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening, together with PDF slide handouts. [26 October 2007]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
CAEPR Topical Issue: Conspicuous Compassion and Wicked
Problems
A ‘wicked problem’ is a term used in the planning literature to characterise
a complex multi-dimensional problem. This article argues that Indigenous
child abuse is one such problem. Whatever the merits of the recent federal
intervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities, it is unlikely
to succeed without both long-term bipartisan commitment of substantial
resources and a meaningful process of consultation with Indigenous peoples.
If we are to learn from what policies worked (and what did not work), then
it is particularly important that a transparent evaluation framework be
established before undertaking policy initiatives. (Published in Agenda, Vol. 14, No. 3 2007). [18 October 2007]
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Philanthropy & NGOs: Seminar
Recordings
'Indigenous development: the role of philanthropy & NGOs', a CAEPR seminar by Janet Hunt and Jerry Schwab, presented on 12 September 2007. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening, together with PDF slide handouts. [15 October 2007]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
Environmental Significance of the Indigenous Estate—Discussion
Paper 286
'The environmental significance of the Indigenous estate: Natural resource management as economic development in remote Australia' by J.C. Altman, G.J. Buchanan and L. Larsen. This document is available for download.
Click here for further information. [14 September
2007]
Community
Governance Research Update—September 2007
The final edition for 2007 of the Community Governance Research Update
(No. 6), produced as part of the ARC Indigenous
Community Governance Project in partnership with Reconciliation Australia, is now available online as a PDF document. This issue has a particular focus on successful governance initiatives and the governance implications of the Australian Government's 'intervention' in the Northern Territory [11 September 2007]
Click here for CGRU No. 6 [309 KB PDF]
Health & Social Policy: Seminar
Recordings
'Aboriginal Leadership in Health and Social Policy', a CAEPR seminar by Dr Mark Wenitong, presented on 5 September 2007. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening, together with PDF slide handouts. [10 September 2007]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
Victims of Crime: Seminar
Recordings
'Indigenous victims of violent crime', a CAEPR seminar by Don Weatherburn (Director, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research), presented on 29 August 2007. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening, together with PDF slide handouts. [10 September 2007]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
Arena Publications: Coercive Reconciliation: Stabilise, Normalise, Exit Aboriginal Australia
Coercive Reconciliation: Stabilise, normalise, exit Aboriginal Australia is edited by Jon Altman (Director CAEPR) and Melinda Hinkson (Antropology ANU), and published by Arena Publications. In the wake of the release of Anderson/Wild Little Children Are Sacred report, the Howard government has declared a national emergency and mobilised a coalition of police, army and others in what they suggest will be the ‘first phase’ of a program to tackle child sexual abuse in remote Aboriginal Australia. Using both the language and strategic force of a military campaign,
the Minister for Indigenous Affairs has described his government’s new approach towards
Aboriginal communities in the terms: ‘stabilise, normalise, exit’.
This book is an urgent critical response
to the government’s actions. A wide range of authors contextualise the crisis facing remote
Aboriginal communities and the government’s most recent response in light of the history of and
wider policy towards Aboriginal Australia. The book considers how the rhetoric of emergency
excludes such questions as whether the government itself is complicit in the state of remote
Aboriginal communities; how the approach to tackling child sexual abuse dovetails with the
government’s broader goals in Indigenous affairs; the long-term effects of the government’s
actions; and alternative responses to the Anderson/Wild report.
Contributors include: Jon Altman, Ian Anderson, Judy Atkinson, Larissa Behrendt, Kay Boulden,
Maggie Brady, Tom Calma, David Dalrymple, Megan Davis, Michael Dillon, Michael Dodson,
Patrick Dodson, Bill Fogarty, Raimond Gaita, John Hinkson, Melinda Hinkson,
Ernest Hunter, Melissa Johns, Michael Mansell, Joe Morrison, John Morton, Gregory Phillips,
Tristan Ray, David Ross, Tim Rowse, Guy Rundle, Mathew Ryan, John Sanderson, John Taylor,
William Tilmouth, Pat Turner, Nicole Watson and Rex Wild, with artwork by Michael Leunig, Rod
Moss and Bruce Petty. [1 September 2007]
Click here for further information.
Please note: This is not a CAEPR publication: orders and enquiries should be directed to Arena Publications.
National Emergency Response: Seminar
Recordings
'The transformation of Aboriginal communities in crisis: What does it entail?', a CAEPR seminar by David Martin presented on 22 August 2007. Streaming audio slideshow, streaming
audio and MP3 podcast recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening and viewing. [24 August 2007]
Click here for further information and to listen to and view streaming slideshow, streaming audio
or podcast MP3 from the seminar with associated handouts.
CAEPR Topical Issue: Neo-Paternalism and the Destruction of CDEP
"Neo-Paternalism and the Destruction of CDEP" by Jon Altman. This article examines the role of the Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory and the consequences of its sudden abolition. (First published in Arena Magazine 90, August-September 2007). [15 August 2007]
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CAEPR Topical Issue: Remarks to the Senate 'Emergency Response' Enquiry
"Opening comments to Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the Provisions of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Bill 2007 and Associated Bills" by Jon Altman. These remarks to the one day Senate enquiry emphasise Professor Altman's opposition to the many of the measures contained in the Bills, which he describes as 'hastily conceived' and filled with 'unnecessary' and 'contradictory' approaches. [15 August 2007]
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CAEPR Topical Issue: The 'National Emergency' and Land Rights Reform
"The 'National Emergency' and Land Rights Reform:
Separating fact from fiction" by Jon Altman. This report, commissioned by Oxfam Australia, provides compelling evidence to argue that the proposed changes to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 have no connection with the incidence of child sexual abuse; are likely to jeopardize the effectiveness of the Government's emergency response in the Northern Territory, and are detrimental to the development of Aboriginal communities. [14 August 2007]
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Revolution and Failure: Seminar
Recordings
'In the name of failure: The Howard government's generational revolution in Indigenous affairs', a CAEPR seminar by Will Sanders, presented on 8 August 2007. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening. [8 August 2007]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
CAEPR Seminar Series Two, 2007
Our first CAEPR Seminar Series for 2007 runs from 08 August to
24 October. Presenters engage research topics in Indigenous Affairs
from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. [31 July 2007]
Click here for the program of CAEPR Seminar Series Two, 2007.
CAEPR Topical Issue: Scrapping CDEP
'Scrapping CDEP is just Plain Dumb' by Jon Altman. "Ministers Joe Hockey and Mal Brough’s decision to abolish the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme in remote Indigenous communities in the NT will have marked impacts on the arts industry, the management of Indigenous Protected Areas, and community-based Caring for Country ranger projects. And it’s not just these success stories that will suffer; it’s likely that there will be wider local, regional and national costs from this myopic, ill-considered, policy shift." (First published in Crikey, 24 July 2007.) [27 July 2007]
Click here for further information.
CAEPR Topical Issue: Alleviating Poverty
in Remote Indigenous Australia
'Alleviating poverty in remote Indigenous Australia: The role
of the hybrid economy' by Jon Altman. While Australia is one of
the world’s richest countries, many of its Indigenous peoples
live in poverty. This paper seeks to elucidate some avenues for
addressing poverty in remote Indigenous Australia via appropriate
pro-poor growth strategies. It engages robustly with the dominant
Indigenous policy approach that promulgates a view that Indigenous
economic development can only be achieved via mainstreaming, and
presents an alternative livelihoods approach. (First published
in Development
Bulletin No. 72, March 2007). [17 July 2007]
Click here for further information.
ICGP Occasional Paper: From COAG to Coercion
Using examples from West Arnhem Land, Mutitjulu and the broader
research findings of the Indigenous Community Governance Project
(ICGP), Diane Smith argues that collaboration rather than coercion
is the most effective policy instrument in Indigenous Affairs,
and the only one that will lead to sustainable outcomes. Strong
Indigenous self-governance lies at the very heart of positive
development outcomes. Governments urgently need to provide some
real 'whole-of-government' policy implementation that
integrates program guidelines and funding, and actively promotes
Indigenous governance capacity and authority. This needs to be
built into any new 'interventions' right from the start, not as
an afterthought.
This draft paper was presented to the Australia and New Zealand
School of Government (ANZSOG) conference, Governing Through
Collaboration: Managing Better Through Others, 28–29 June,
Canberra. [17 July 2007]
Click here for further information.
Media Release: Indigenous Governance Can
Succeed: Study
Indigenous communities can be successful in establishing good
governance according to a landmark study of what works and what
doesn't in 11 Indigenous communities across the nation. The Indigenous
Community Governance Project (ICGP) found that this success is
achieved despite the complex inter-cultural environment in which
these communities operate. In particular, the study shows that
the way governments function affects Indigenous capacities to
govern themselves well. [9 July 2007]
Click here for further information.
Community Governance newsletter & Research Update—July 2007
The second editions for 2007 of both the Community
Governance newsletter (Vol.3, No.2) and the Community Governance
Research Update (No.5), produced as part of the ARC Indigenous
Community Governance Linkage Project with Reconciliation Australia,
are now available online as full colour PDF documents. [4 July
2007]
Click here for Community Governance Vol. 3, No. 2 (777 KB PDF)
Click here for Community Governance Research Update No. 5 (464
KB PDF)
Topical Issue: Costing the NT Intervention
'Stabilise, normalise and exit = $4 billion',
a costing by Jon Altman of the Commonwealth's intervention into
Northern Territory Indigenous communities. [29 June 2007]
Click here for further information.
Topical Issue: Remote Education and Training
Final Report to the Warlpiri Education and Training Trust Advisory
Committee: Options for Education and Training, by R.G. Schwab.
A comprehensive report exploring a variety of options for remote
education and training. Edited web version. [27 June 2007]
Click here for further information.
Topical Issue: Land Rights Act Amendments
'Amended Land Rights Law will be Bad Law', a submission to the
Senate Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into Aboriginal Land
Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006. [27 June 2007]
Click here for further information.
Topical Issue: New Arrangements in Indigenous
Affairs
'Yet another failed Howard government experiment in Indigenous
affairs?' by Jon Altman. An initial response to the Commonwealth's
new approach to Indigenous Affairs, announced on 21 June 2007.
[25 June 2007]
Click here for further information.
All CAEPR Research Monographs Now Online
All CAEPR Research Monographs, from the first in 1991 to the
latest publication, are now available for free download in PDF
format. [4 June 2007]
Click here to browse CAEPR Research Monographs.
Topical Issue: DEWR and CDEP
'Changes to CDEP under DEWR: Policy substance and the new contractualism'
by Will Sanders, first published in Impact: News Quarterly
of the Australian Council of Social Services [29 May 2007]
Click here for further information.
Indigenous Poverty In NSW: Seminar Resources
'Indigenous poverty in urban NSW: A multidimensional approach',
a CAEPR seminar by Rebecca Reave, presented on 30 May 2007. A
seminar background paper and handouts are now available. [30 May
2007]
Click here for further information.
Thirty years of CDEP: Seminar Recordings
'The contraction of the CDEP Scheme under new management after
thirty good years: Growing old or returning to remote area origins
in times of low unemployment?', a CAEPR seminar by Will Sanders,
presented on 23 May 2007. Streaming Audio and MP3 recordings of
the seminar are now available for listening. [24 May 2007]
Click here for further information and to listen to streaming
audio or podcast MP3 from the seminar.
Canadian Aboriginal Demographics: Seminar
Recordings
'Canadian Aboriginal Demographics: Population Size, Growth and
Well-Being', a CAEPR seminar by Dan Beavon, Department of Indian
and Northern Affairs, Canada, presented on 18 May 2007. Streaming
Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for
listening, together with PDF slide handouts and links to additional
resources. [24 May 2007]
Click here for further information, to listen to streaming audio
or podcast MP3 from the seminar, and to view seminar slides and
resource links.
Mining and the State: Seminar Recordings
'Mining, remote Indigenous communities and the state: Contestations
over development futures', a CAEPR seminar by Jon Altman, presented
on 16 May 2007. Streaming Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar
are now available for listening, together with PDF slide handouts.
[17 May 2007]
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or podcast MP3 from the seminar, and to view seminar slides.
Community
Governance newsletter—May 2007
The first edition for 2007 of the Community Governance
newsletter (Vol.3, No.1), produced as part of the ARC Indigenous
Community Governance Project, is now available online as a full
colour PDF document. [16 May 2007]
Click here for Community Governance Vol. 3, No. 1 (643 KB PDF)
Community Governance: Seminar Recordings
'Key research issues and findings from the Indigenous Community
Governance Project 2006, a CAEPR seminar by Professor Mick
Dodson (Director, National Centre for Indigenous Studies, ANU),
Janet Hunt (Fellow, CAEPR) and Di Smith (Fellow, CAEPR), presented
on 02 May 2007. Streaming Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar
are now available for listening, together with PDF slide handouts.
[09 May 2007]
Click here for further information, to listen to streaming audio
or podcast MP3 from the seminar, and to view seminar slides.
CAEPR 2006 Annual Report
The CAEPR 2006 Annual Report is now available for downloading
as a PDF file (94 pp., 2.7 Meg). The Report details the Centre's
operations and research outputs for 2006. [24 April 2007]
Click here to download the CAEPR 2006 Annual Report
ICGP Research Findings—Working
Paper 36
'Indigenous Community Governance Project: Year two research findings',
by J. Hunt & D. Smith. This document is available for download.
Click here for further information. [23 April 2007]
Town Tenure: Seminar Recordings
'Normalising town tenure in remote Indigenous Australia: Theory,
ideology, politics and public policy, a CAEPR seminar by Michael
Dillon, Associate, State Society and Governance in Melanesia Project,
presented on 11 April 2007. Streaming Audio and MP3 recordings
of the seminar are now available for listening, together with
PDF slide handouts. [12 Apr 2007]
Click here for further information, to listen to streaming audio
or podcast MP3 from the seminar, and to view seminar slides.
Indigenous Financial Literacy: Seminar
Slides
' An investigation of financial literacy in six Indigenous communities,
a CAEPR seminar by Anne Daly and Carolyn Preece, presented on
4 April 2007. Streaming Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar
are now available for listening, together with PDF slide handouts.
[12 Apr 2007]
Click here for further information and to view seminar slides.
Administrative Innovation: Seminar Recordings
'When solutions become the problem: The conditions of practice
for administrative innovation in discrete Indigenous settlements,
a CAEPR seminar by Mark Moran, Manager Research, Centre for Appropriate
Technology, presented on 6 December 2006. Streaming Audio and
MP3 recordings of the seminar are now available for listening,
together with PDF slide handouts. [12 April 2007]
Click here for further information, to listen to streaming audio
or podcast MP3 from the seminar, and to view seminar slides.
Indigenous Disadvantage: Seminar Recordings
'How adequate is the Productivity Commission’s Framework for
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage?', a CAEPR seminar by Boyd
Hunter, presented on 28 March 2007. Streaming Audio and MP3 recordings
of the seminar are now available for listening, together with
PDF slide handouts. [29 March 2007]
Click here for further information, to listen to streaming audio
or podcast MP3 from the seminar, and to view seminar slides.
Indigenous Concepts & the Census: Seminar
Recordings
'Uncontained subjects: 'Population' and 'household' in remote
Aboriginal Australia', a CAEPR seminar by Frances Morphy, presented
on 21 March 2007. Streaming Audio and MP3 recordings of the seminar
are now available for listening, together with PDF slide handouts.
[21 March 2007]
Click here for further information, to listen to streaming audio
or podcast MP3 from the seminar, and to view seminar slides.
Topical Issue: 'Indigenous Potential meets
Economic Opportunity' CDEP Discussion Paper
A submission by Jon Altman, Boyd Hunter and Will Sanders in response
to DEWR'S CDEP Discussion Paper, 'Indigenous Potential meets Economic
Opportunity'. [14 March 2007]
Click here for further information.
Topical Issue: Inquiry into Australia's
Indigenous visual arts and craft sector
A submission by Professor Jon Altman to the Senate Environment,
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee's
Inquiry into Australia's Indigenous visual arts and craft sector.
[14 March 2007]
Click here for further information.
Topical Issue: Access to Aboriginal land
under the Northern Territory Land Rights Act
A submission by Professor Jon Altman in response to the FaCSIA
Discussion Paper ‘Access to Aboriginal Land under the Northern
Territory Land Rights Act - Time for Change?'. [14 March 2007]
Click here for further information.
Topical Issue: Sustainable governance
for small desert settlements
'Sustainable governance for small desert settlements: Combining
single settlement localism and multi-settlement regionalism',
by W. Sanders and S. Holcombe, presented to the Desert Knowledge
Symposium & Business Showcase, Alice Springs, Northern Territory,
Australia, 1-3 November 2006. [13 March 2007]
Click here for further information.
Topical Issue: Attempting to Silence the
Social Sciences
'Indigenous affairs today: The “Influence Wars” and the attempt
to silence the social sciences', by J.C. Altman. [13 March 2007]
Click here for further information.
Further Key Insights from the Indigenous
Community Governance Project, 2006
This paper, from the ARC Linkage Indigenous Community Governance
Project, summarises the key insights that emerged from the second
year of field-based research in 2006. The paper draws on the comparative
analysis of findings from over a dozen different case studies
of Indigenous governance around Australia, in both rural, remote
and urban settings. The full research findings will be published
in the forthcoming CAEPR Working Paper No. 36 [13 March
2007]
Click here for further information.
Social Engineering and Indigenous Demography:
Seminar Recordings
'Social engineering and Indigenous demography: Testing the implications
of current policy directions', a CAEPR seminar by John Taylor,
presented on 7 March 2007. Streaming Audio and MP3 recordings
of the seminar are now available for listening, together with
PDF slide handouts. [8 March 2007]
Click here for further information, to listen to streaming audio
or podcast MP3 from the seminar, and to view seminar slides.
West Kimberley Labour Market—Working
Paper 35
'Indigenous people in the West Kimberley labour market', by J.
Taylor. This document is available for download.
Click here for further information. [6 March 2007]
Social Engineering and Indigenous Demography:
CAEPR Seminar
'Social engineering and Indigenous demography: Testing the implications
of current policy directions', a CAEPR Seminar by John Taylor,
12.30 p.m., March 07, 2007.
Click here for further information.
CAEPR Seminar Series 1, 2007
Our first CAEPR Seminar Series for 2007 runs from 07 March to
30 May. Presenters engage research topics in Indigenous Affairs
from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. [19 February 2007]
Click here for the program of CAEPR Seminar Series 1, 2007.
All CAEPR Discussion Papers Now Online
All CAEPR Discussion Papers, from the first in 1991 to the latest
publication, are now available for free download in PDF format.
Further enhancements are planned for the CAEPR website in the
coming months. [14 February 2007]
Click here to browse CAEPR Discussion Papers.
CAEPR Research Plan 2007-2009
The Centre's current research is detailed in the CAEPR Research
Plan 2007-2009, now available online. [22 January 2007]
Click here for CAEPR Research Plan 2007-2009 (57 K PDF document).
Click here for further information.
