Two submissions by CAEPR researchers Jon Altman and Libby Larsen relating to issues of Indigenous participation in natural and cultural resource management: one to the Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee's Inquiry into Australia's National Parks, Conservation Reserves and Marine Protected Areas, and the second to the Department of the Environment and Heritage's 

In recent times, we have seen a growing public discourse, policy debates, and much media focus on the social problems faced by many remote Indigenous communities. Much blame is sheeted home to excessive welfare dependency. This perspective though, has limited explanatory power in accounting for the complexity of Indigenous marginalisation and disadvantage in Australia today, either in remote or more settled regions.

'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.

This article from Australian Policy Online describes how Jerry Schwab is exploring practical options from Canada for re-engaging remote area Aboriginal youth through Indigenous junior ranger schemes. Jerry's research is described in more detail in CAEPR Discussion Paper 281.

"Send in the Army!" , Australian Policy Online, posted 05 July 2006.

"Why the 'new direction' in Federal Indigenous affairs policy is as likely to 'fail' as the old directions" by David F. Martin. An edited transcript of a seminar delivered at CAEPR on May 10, 2006.

'Beyond emotional rhetoric to evidence-based policy making' by Jon Altman. An opinion piece published in the National Indigenous Times, Issue 99, 23 February 2006.

'Indigenous affairs after the Howard decade: An administrative revolution while defying decolonisation' by Will Sanders. Paper presented to the Howard Decade Conference, Canberra, 3-4 March 2006.

'The Indigenous hybrid economy: A realistic sustainable option for remote communities?' by Jon Altman. Paper presented to the Australian Fabian Society, Melbourne, 26 October 2005.

An informal discussion of the new arrangements and some current debates in Indigenous affairs, and of the need to recognise the hybrid nature of the remote Indigenous economy.

In February 2005, Minister Amanda Vanstone addressed the National Press Club on the new arrangements in Indigenous affairs. She identified these new arrangements as a 'quiet revolution in Indigenous affairs'. Within the context of the new arrangements, the Australian Public Service is undergoing some major changes in the way in which it seeks to develop and implement policy in relation to Indigenous affairs.