Notes by Professor Jon Altman from a CAEPR Seminar of 13 October 2004, discussing changes in Indigenous social policy in the light of the recent federal election, including mainstreaming, whole-of-government approaches, Indigenous representation, consultation, choice, and agreement-making.

Some Comments on the MACC Taskforce on Dugong and Marine Turtle Populations' Draft 'Sustainable and Legal Indigenous Harvest of Marine Turtles and Dugongs in Australia - A National Approach'. (Further information, including the final version of the National Approach, is available here.)

'CDEP 2005—A New Home and New Objectives for a Very Old Program?' by Jon Altman. CAEPR Seminar Series. Notes from a joint seminar with Matthew Gray, presented on 2 March 2005.

'The CDEP scheme: A flexible and innovative employment and community development program for Indigenous Australians', Refereed paper to the Transition and Risk: New Directions in Social Policy conference, (February 2005), hosted by the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne.

'Brokering Aboriginal art: A critical perspective on marketing, institutions, and the state', the 2005 Kenneth Myer Lecture in Arts and Entertainment, presented 7 April 2005 at Bunjilaka Gallery, Melbourne Museum. Edited by Ruth Rentschler of Deakin University Centre for Leisure Management Research.

'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.

Response to a study prepared for the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs by Australasia Economics.

This important report was jointly commissioned by the partners to the Wadeye COAG-ICCP trial involving the Northern Territory Government, the Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services, and the Thamarrurr Regional Council.