1992
An analysis of the Aboriginal component of Commonwealth fiscal flows to the Northern Territory
Discussion Paper 29 / 1992
Abstract:
This paper focuses on the Northern Territory (NT) as a case study for the examination of Commonwealth/State financial relations in the area of Aboriginal affairs. The paper considers in detail the procedures by which Commonwealth revenue is allocated to the Territory. It describes the role of the Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) in the budget process, and the impact of fiscal equalisation on the Territory's budgetary outcome.
Estimating Northern Territory Government program expenditure for Aboriginal people: problems and implications
Discussion Paper 30 / 1992
Abstract:
There are currently no administrative mechanisms whereby data relating to State expenditure on programs for Aboriginal people are disaggregated. This paper attempts to assess the existing level of State Government expenditure on both mainstream and specific programs for Aboriginal people. The Northern Territory (NT) is taken as a case study, using the NT Government's own reported expenditure breakdowns for the financial year 1990-91.
Estimating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fertility from census data
Discussion Paper 31 / 1992
Abstract:
In the absence of routine vital statistics for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, this study attempts to estimate fertility for each group separately, using data on children ever-born collected in the 1981 and 1986 Censuses. While highlighting major problems associated with the data, two basic measures of fertility are estimated: (a) life-time fertility (mean parity); and (b) current fertility consistent with the children ever-born reported by women in the reproductive ages of 15-49 years.
The determinants of Aboriginal employment income
Discussion Paper 32 / 1992
Abstract:
According to the 1986 Census, the average Aboriginal male in full-time employment had an income which was 71 per cent of that of the average non-Aboriginal male. The gap between the incomes of the average Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal female was less by 11 percentage points.
Occupational segregation: a comparison between employed Aborigines, Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians
Discussion Paper 33 / 1992
Abstract:
This paper describes the detailed occupational composition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce and measures the extent to which it differs from that of the rest of the workforce. For this purpose, 1986 Census data on occupational major and unit groups are used, and inter- and intra- occupational segregation indexes are calculated. This reveals for the first time the precise occupational mix which characterises the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander labour markets.
Aboriginal population change in remote Australia, 1986-91: Data issues
Discussion Paper 34 / 1992
Abstract:
Given the crucial role played by census data in informing economic and social policies directed at the Aboriginal population in remote areas, some assessment of the quality of remote area data is required as these are derived from enumeration procedures which differ fundamentally from the standard approach employed in the census.
A comparison of the socioeconomic characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Discussion Paper 35 / 1992
Abstract:
Selected social and economic indicators from the 1986 Census are presented to test the proposition that at an aggregate level Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people display differing socioeconomic status from one another. Although provision is made in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 for separate consideration of the Torres Strait Islander population in social and economic policy formulation, few data exist to indicate their variation from Aboriginal people.
The CDEP scheme: a census-based analysis of the labour market status of participants in 1986
Discussion Paper 36 / 1992
Abstract:
The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme was established in 1977 primarily as an income support and community development program for remote Aboriginal communities. Since the launch of the Aboriginal Employment Development Policy (AEDP) in 1987, it has expanded its objectives and is now also regarded as an employment program. Under the scheme, members of participating communities forego individual access to social security entitlements.
A National Survey of Indigenous Australians: Options and Implications
Research Monograph 3 / 1992
Abstract:
The papers in this volume were all precirculated at the workshop 'A National Survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations: Problems and Prospects'. The main impetus for the workshop was a recommendation for a national survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the National Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. This recommendation was endorsed and financed by the Federal Government in March 1992.
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