1997
Indigenous sole parent families: Invisible and disadvantaged
Discussion Paper 134 / 1997
Abstract:
This paper identifies the key characteristics of Indigenous sole-parent families relative to other such Australian families and analyses the factors associated with their ongoing high levels of economic disadvantage using ethnographic research, the 1991 Census, the 1994 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey (NATSIS), and the 1997 Department of Social Security (DSS) data.The research concludes that Indigenous sole-parent families:
Utilisation of native wildlife by Indigenous Australians: Commercial considerations
Discussion Paper 135 / 1997
Abstract:
This paper is based on a submission to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee Inquiry into the commercial use of Australian native wildlife. It uses secondary sources and is also based on primary research.
The interrelationships between arrest and employment: more evidence on the social determinants of Indigenous employment
Discussion Paper 136 / 1997
Abstract:
Preliminary analysis of the 1994 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey (NATSIS) indicates that arrest is one of the major factors underlying the poor employment prospects of the Indigenous population. Unfortunately, these early studies could not determine the direction of causality between arrest and employment. This paper addresses this problem by distinguishes the employment effect of the arrest from the effect of the unobservable characteristics of those arrested.
A profile of Indigenous workers in the private sector
Discussion Paper 137 / 1997
Abstract:
The current re-orientation in policy emphasis towards engagement with the private sector as the primary source of future employment growth for Indigenous people raises questions about how this might be achieved. As a prior step, this paper considers what is known about the present involvement of Indigenous people in the private sector and how this might be relevant to policy development.
A profile of the Indigenous private sector workforce:
Indigenous TAFE graduates: patterns and implications
Discussion Paper 138 / 1997
Abstract:
Technical and Further Education is now recognised as one of the most significant and popular avenues for Indigenous participation in education, yet a reliable statistical portrait of Indigenous participation in TAFE has never been readily available. Even less has been known about the success stories in this sector; the Indigenous students who have completed TAFE studies.
The right to negotiate and the miner's right: a case study of native title future act processes in Queensland
Discussion Paper 139 / 1997
Abstract:
The paper examines the circumstances in which a small gold mining company (Union Mining NL) was issued with an s29 notification for a future act by the Queensland State Government during 1997.
The future shape of AUSTUDY: Practical and policy implications of the recent proposed changes
Discussion Paper 140 / 1997
Abstract:
ABSTUDY, the Aboriginal Study Assistance Scheme, is one of the most contentious special programs in Indigenous affairs. In May 1997 the Howard Government announced a number of changes to ABSTUDY, including substantial reductions in funding by fiscal year 2000/01; these changes are to go into effect from 1 January 1998. This paper has been prepared to provide an overview of the announced changes and speculate on some of the possible outcomes.
Opportunities and problems astride the welfare/work divide: the CDEP scheme in Australian social policy
Discussion Paper 141 / 1997
Abstract:
- Australian social policy is characterised by a program and institutional divide between welfare income and work income.
- ATSIC's CDEP scheme sits astride this divide and has done so for 20 years.
- This position astride the welfare/work divide has been a source of both opportunities and problems for the CDEP scheme.
- Opportunities relate to different players, or stakeholders, operating at different levels with the scheme.
The explosion of aboriginality: components of Indigenous population growth 1991-96
Discussion Paper 142 / 1997
Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to set out what can be determined about the three essential components of Aboriginal population growth in the 1991-96 period, and then examine, if any, the characteristics of the residual 'identification change'.
Changing numbers, changing needs? A preliminary assessment of Indigenous population growth, 1991-96
Discussion Paper 143 / 1997
Abstract:
At the 1996 Census, a total of 352,970 individuals self-identified as Indigenous Australian. This represented an increase of 87,599 or 33 per cent since 1991, an increase which was way above expectation. As a consequence, demographic analysis has returned to the familiar condition of uncertainty about intercensal projections. This raises two questions of fundamental policy interest:
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