Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
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2008/09June 2008 — Re-engaging the economic with the social
Frances Morphy (Fellow, CAEPR) 'Re-engaging the economic with the social', 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]
2008/08April 2008 — The Challenge of ‘Closing the Gaps’ in Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes
Jon Altman (Director CAEPR), Nicholas Biddle (Research Fellow, CAEPR), and Boyd Hunter (Senior Fellow, CAEPR) This briefing paper was prepared for the Australia 2020 Summit in April 2008. It examines trends and predictions for key Indigenous socioeconomic indicators in the context of the Rudd Government's policy commitment to eliminate the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and other Australians by 2030. (An expanded version of this paper is forthcoming in the CAEPR Working Paper series.)
2008/07June 2008 — Revisiting the Role of Rhetoric in Economics: A review of Helen Hughes’ Lands of Shame
Boyd Hunter (Senior Fellow, CAEPR) A review of Helen Hughes’ Lands of Shame: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ‘Homelands’ in Transition (Centre for Independent Studies, 2007) in which Dr Hunter examines the role of rhetoric in economics and the social sciences generally. A version of this review was published in The Economic Record, 84(265) 279–81. [18 June 2008]
2008/06May 2008 — Indigenous Housing Tenure in Remote Areas: Directions and Constraints
Will Sanders (Senior Fellow, CAEPR) Adapted from the ANU-Toyota Public Lecture ‘Closing the Gaps in Indigenous Mortality and Housing: Perspectives from the Social Sciences’, presented at the ANU on Friday 4 April 2008, 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]
2008/05May 2008 — Re-vitalising the Community Development Employment Program in the Northern Territory
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) and Will Sanders (Senior Fellow, CAEPR) This submission was 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. [20 May 2008]
2008/04May 2008 — Closing the Gap rhetoric buys into Howard legacy
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) The 2008 federal Budget shows overwhelming evidence of continuing policy inertia in Indigenous Affairs. First published in Crikey, 15 May 2008. [20 May 2008]
2008/03May 2008 — Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Australians: Submission to the Garnaut Climate Change Review
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) and Kirrily Jordan (Researcher, CAEPR) Indigenous Australians now own over 20 per cent of the continent under a number of different forms of tenure; much of this Indigenous estate is in relatively intact environmental condition and has high biodiversity value. This submission to the Garnaut Climate Change Review is based on preliminary CAEPR research. It 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]
2008/02May 2008 — Fresh Water in the Maningrida Region's Hybrid Economy
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) assisted by Virginie Branchut (Researcher, CAEPR) This report was prepared for the North Australian Indigenous Land & Sea Management Alliance's (NAILSMA) Indigenous Water Policy Group (IWPG), and is hosted on the NAILASMA website. The NAILSMA IWPG project aims to articulate the least known aspects of water policy particularly relevant to north Australia’s Indigenous population, for example, issues relating to property rights, use and management. This report describes the current governance of water in the Maningrida region in central Arnhem Land from three perspectives; a historical analysis of the political economy of water, a sectoral analysis of the regional hybrid economy, and a spatial analysis that has differentiated Maningrida township from the hinterland. [19 May 2008]
2008/01May 2008 — Failure, Evidence & New Ideas
Janet Hunt (Fellow, CAEPR) 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. [04 March 2008]
2007/16December 2007 — The Howard Government’s Northern Territory Intervention: Are Neo-Paternalism and Indigenous Development Compatible?
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) In this publication version of his keynote address to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Conference ‘Forty Years On: Political transformation and sustainability since the Referendum and into the future’, given in Canberra on 7 November 2007, Professor Altman examines the political and ideological background to the Northern Territory Emergency intervention, its policy goals, and its progress in the first four months, including a survey of implementation in five remote communities.
2007/15October 2007 — Conspicuous Compassion and Wicked Problems - The Howard Government’s National Emergency in Indigenous Affairs
Boyd Hunter (Fellow, CAEPR) 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).
2007/14August 2007 — Neo-Paternalism and the Destruction of CDEP
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) 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).
2007/13August 2007 — 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
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) 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.
2007/12August 2007 — The 'National Emergency' and Land Rights Reform: Separating fact from fiction
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) 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.
2007/11July 2007 — Scrapping CDEP is just Plain Dumb
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) Ministers Joe Hockey and Mal Broughs' 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.)
2007/10July 2007 — Alleviating poverty in remote Indigenous Australia: The role of the hybrid economy
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) 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.)
2007/09June 2007 — Stabilise, normalise and exit = $4 billion
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) A costing estimate for the Howard Government's intervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities. (First published in Crikey, 29 June 2007.)
2007/08June 2007 — Options for Warlpiri Education and Training
Jerry Schwab (Fellow, CAEPR) Final Report to the Warlpiri Education and Training Trust Advisory Committee: Options for Education and Training, by R.G. Schwab, 15 September 2006. A comprehensive report exploring a variety of options for remote education and training. Edited web version.
2007/07June 2007 — Yet another failed Howard government experiment in Indigenous affairs?
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) An initial response to the Howard Government's new approach to Indigenous Affairs, announced on 21 June 2007. (First published in Crikey, 22 June 2007.)
2007/06May 2007 — Changes to CDEP under DEWR: Policy substance and the new contractualism
Will Sanders (Senior Fellow, CAEPR) The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme is an Indigenous ‘workfare’ program which has existed since 1977. In 2004, with the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), CDEP became a responsibility of the Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR). Since early 2005, DEWR has been engaged in a reform process which has led to some significant changes to CDEP. This article looks at those changes under two headings; policy substance and the new contractualism. It begins with a little more history. (First published in Impact: News Quarterly of the Australian Council of Social Services. Revised Draft, March 2007.)
2007/05March 2007 — Indigenous Potential meets Economic Opportunity Discussion Paper
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR), Boyd Hunter (Fellow, CAEPR) and Will Sanders (Senior Fellow, CAEPR) A submission by CAEPR researchers to DEWR's 'Indigenous Potential meets Economic Opportunity' CDEP Discussion Paper, November 2006.
2007/04March 2007 — Inquiry into Australia's Indigenous visual arts and craft sector
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) 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.
2007/03March 2007 — Access to Aboriginal Land under the Northern Territory Land Rights Act
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) 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?'
2007/02March 2007 — Sustainable governance for small desert settlements
Will Sanders (Senior Fellow, CAEPR) & Sarah Holcombe (Research Fellow, CAEPR) 'Sustainable governance for small desert settlements: Combining single settlement localism and multi-settlement regionalism', a paper presented to the Desert Knowledge Symposium & Business Showcase, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, 1-3 November 2006.
2007/01March 2007 — Attempting to Silence the Social Sciences
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR)
In a recent book, Silencing Dissent: How the Australian government is controlling public opinion and stifling debate, edited by Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2007) brief mention was made of CAEPR. In his chapter on universities, Professor Stuart Macintyre used CAEPR as one example of attempts by the government of the day to restrict academic freedom (pp 51–52). Macintyre referred to a paper presented by Jon Altman at the Academy of the Social Sciences Symposium ‘Ideas and Influence: Social Science and Public Policy in Australia’ in November 2005. That paper, 'Indigenous affairs today: The “Influence Wars” and the attempt to silence the social sciences', is posted here as a CAEPR Topical Issue to ensure full transparency.
2006/09September 2006 — The Future of Indigenous Australia: Is there a path beyond the free market or welfare dependency?
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) 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. A version of this paper was presented at Politics in the Pub in Sydney on 28 April 2006, and subsequently published in Arena Magazine 84, August-September 2006. 2006/08July 2006 — Amended Land Rights Law will be Bad Law
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) '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.
2006/07November 2006 — Natural and Cultural Resource Management
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) and Libby Larsen (Researcher, CAEPR)
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 Indigenous Protected Areas Programme Review.
2006/06July 2006 — “Send in the Army!”
Australian Policy Online reporting on research by R.G. (Jerry) Schwab (Fellow, CAEPR) 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.
2006/05May 2006 — Policy Failure
David F. Martin (Fellow, CAEPR) "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.
Please note: The original seminar can be heard in Streaming Audio format. Press the play button to begin.
2006/04April 2006 — Beyond Emotional Rhetoric
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) '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.
2006/03April 2006 — The Howard Decade
Will Sanders (Fellow, CAEPR) '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.
2006/02April 2006 — The Hybrid Economy
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) '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.
2006/01March 2006 — Views From The Top of the 'Quiet Revolution' (Streaming Audio)
Bill Gray (CAEPR Research Associate, former Secretary DAA, former CEO ATSIC) and Will Sanders (CAEPR Fellow) 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. In her address to the National Press Club, the Minister said 'Back here in Canberra, the mainstream agencies are not only charged with, but fully engaged in providing better outcomes for Indigenous Australians. It's not the old mainstreaming where separate departments may have fallen into a silo mentality. Through the Secretaries Group, which meets monthly, some of our best public servants are turning their minds to the issue.' Between October 2005 and January 2006, Bill Gray and Will Sanders interviewed the members of the Secretaries Group on Indigenous Affairs, including the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Dr Peter Shergold, and canvassed with them their personal views as to the way in which the new arrangements were being implemented and the impact such arrangements were having on their own portfolio responsibilities. Issues such as the operations of the Secretaries Group, the Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs, mainstreaming, the whole-of-government approach, Shared Responsibility Agreements, the role of the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC), Indigenous Coordination Centres (ICCs), COAG trial sites, flexible funding of Indigenous programs and accountability were discussed. CAEPR Seminar Series. Streaming Audio from a joint seminar presented on 15 March 2006. Press the play button to begin.
Views from the Top of the 'Quiet Revolution': Secretarial Perspectives on New Arrangements in Indigenous Affairs Please Note: This seminar is now available as CAEPR Discussion Paper 282.
2005/08June 2005 — Harvest of Marine Turtles and Dugongs
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) and Geoff Buchanan (Researcher, CAEPR) 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.)
2005/07May 2005 — A New CDEP?
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) '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 Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme has existed since 1977; it is arguably the oldest Indigenous-specific program still in existence, relatively unchanged. From 1 July 2004, with the division of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services (ATSIS) Indigenous-specific programs between Commonwealth mainline departments, it has been located in the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR). At face value, its new administrative home suggests that this at once innovative and highly flexible program might have a stronger, or even singular, labour market focus. In this seminar, we provide a perspective on CDEP based on analysis of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) 2002 data and explore the various impacts of the scheme on Indigenous participants, especially in rural and remote Australia. Using this evidence base we question if there is any need for fundamental change in this program, and if so, what?
2005/06May 2005 — The CDEP Scheme
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) Matthew Gray (Research Fellow, CAEPR) '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. The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme is an unusual program for Indigenous people primarily underwritten by welfare entitlements. Currently there are 39,000 CDEP places and around 60,000 Indigenous people participate in the scheme each year. This paper discusses the roles that the scheme plays. First, the scheme provides flexible employment opportunities, often in remote contexts where there are no, or minute, labour markets. Second, it provides income security and the opportunity to earn additional income from employment and enterprise. Third, it provides opportunity for education and training. Fourth, and most innovatively, it acts as an instrument for economic and community development. This is especially so in remote and very remote Australia where people reside on the Indigenous estate and operate within an unorthodox 'hybrid economy' where customary (non market) activity looms relatively large. The customary sector has considerable economic value, both for Indigenous people directly and in spillover benefits to other Australians. The links between the CDEP scheme and the operations of the hybrid economy are explored.
2005/05May 2005 — Brokering Aboriginal Art
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) '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. In the 2005 Kenneth Myer lecture, Jon Altman discusses a paradox: the international success of the Indigenous art market contrasted with Indigenous Australians’ stagnating socio-economic circumstances. Examining state sponsorship of arts infrastructure from an historical and analytical perspective, he argues that, although the market appears successful, it remains fragile, and complacency in policy and practice would be detrimental to its sustainability. His lecture concludes with arts policy observations intended to ensure the development of the Aboriginal arts sector, particularly in the light of recent changes to Indigenous affairs organisations.
2005/04April 2005 — Strengthening Indigenous Community Governance
Janet Hunt (Fellow, CAEPR) and Diane Smith (Fellow, CAEPR) '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. This paper presents research which is currently underway into the state of Indigenous community governance in Australia. The Indigenous Community Governance Project starts from the hypothesis that good governance of Indigenous communities is essential for effective self-determination and is a key ingredient to successful socio-economic development. It is also critically important to Indigenous people engaging successfully with governments at various levels. Currently there are many changes going on in the governance environment, but little is understood about what makes for culturally legitimate and effective indigenous governance and how to attain it. The Project, supported by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at ANU and Reconciliation Australia, has put together a team of researchers who are working with communities, their organisations and leaders, in order to understand how Indigenous governance operates at the local and regional levels. Preliminary work has highlighted a number of issues which will be the subject of more systematic research in coming months and years. Despite important local variations, it is apparent that all the participating community organisations are facing common systemic issues which are outlined.
2005/03March 2005 — Rejoinder to 'Key Social and Economic Indicators for Indigenous Australia: A Comparative Analysis'
Jon Altman (Director, CAEPR) and Boyd Hunter (Fellow, CAEPR) Response to a study prepared for the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs by Australasia Economics. In September 2003, CAEPR Discussion Paper 254 was the first of what subsequently proved to be a number of publications noting how Indigenous affairs performance in the intercensal period 1996-2001, as measured by standard social indicators, was little different to the previous intercensal period 1991-1996. These findings have been criticised in an Appendix to an April 2004 report entitled Key Social and Economic Indicators for Indigenous Australia: A Comparative Analysis, by Australasia Economics, which is available on the Australian Government's Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination website. This Rejoinder provides background to the controversy and continues the public debate.
2005/02March/July 2005 — The Opportunity Costs of the Status Quo in the Thamarrurr Region
John Taylor (Senior Fellow, CAEPR) and Owen Stanley (Associate Professor, School of Business, James Cook University) 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. The relatively poor social and economic status of the Aboriginal population of the Thamarrurr region represents a cost to the people themselves and to the Australian nation. The report measures the full impost to government of sustaining the status quo of low labour force participation, low employment and occupational status, low income status, low educational participation and outcomes, high housing occupancy rates, high crime and custody rates, and high morbidity and mortality rates against a background of rapidly expanding numbers. Please Note: This document is now available in revised and expanded form as CAEPR Working Paper 28. (8 July 2005)
2005/01February 2005 — Indigenous Social Policy and the New Mainstreaming
Indigenous Social Policy and the New Mainstreaming 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.
2004/12November 2004 — The Past and Future of CDEP'Indigenous Centres in the policy margins: The CDEP scheme over 30 years' by Will Sanders. A paper presented by Dr Will Sanders at the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Annual Congress 2004, Alice Springs Convention Centre, 28-29 October 2004. The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme grew out of marginal policy concerns within the Australian social security system, but over time became the largest single program in the Indigenous Affairs portfolio. With the demise of ATSIC, CDEP has been transferred to the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio. Will this lead to a new marginalisation of the scheme, or will it continue as a policy centre in its own right?
2004/11October 2004 — Literacy for Life
Literacy for Life: A Scoping Study for a Community Literacy Empowerment Project
In 1999, CAEPR carried out research in the Katherine region that focused on food provision, nutrition and health service delivery to the Aboriginal people in the region. The research was funded by The Fred Hollows Foundation and sponsored by the Jawoyn Association. Key features of that research were its aims to develop sustainable local capacity and to act as a catalyst for improving health in the region. Since that time, however, it has become clear that health improvements are and will continue to be hampered by the low literacy levels of people in that area. This report is the first stage of what is envisaged as a long-term project aimed at enhancing health, education and employment outcomes in the Katherine region through a community literacy program. The focus of the study is the Aboriginal community of Wugularr (also known as Beswick), located on country belonging to the Bagula clan of the Jawoyn people, 120 kilometres south of the regional centre of Katherine.
2004/10October 2004 — ATSIC's Achievements and Strengths'ATSIC's achievements and strengths: Implications for institutional reform' by Will Sanders. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has been criticized from many sides in the fifteen years since it was established. But what about ATSIC’s achievements and strengths? CAEPR Fellow Will Sanders argues that, over its fourteen year history, ATSIC has indeed achieved much and displayed considerable strengths. He discusses ATSIC’s achievements and strengths under six headings:
2004/09June 2004 — Indigenous Economic Development'Economic Development and Indigenous Australia: Contestations over Property, Institutions and Ideology?' by Jon Altman. A paper presented by Professor Jon Altman at the 48th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in Melbourne, 11 February 2004. Economic development for remote Indigenous communities cannot be understood in the native title era unless the relative importance of customary activity is recognised. This paper uses a three-sector hybrid economy framework, rather than the usual two sector private or public model to more accurately depict the Indigenous economy. Examples are provided of the actual and potential significance of this hybrid economy, and the way in which significant local, regional and national benefits are generated.
2004/08May 2004 — Taming the Social Capital Hydra'Taming the social capital Hydra? Indigenous poverty, social capital theory and measurement' by Boyd Hunter.
2004/07May 2004 — Prospects for Regionalism in Indigenous Community Governance'Prospects for Regionalism in Indigenous Community Governance', a seminar by Will Sanders presented to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies on 27 April 2004.
2004/06May 2004 — Indigenous Land Management in NSW'Promoting Aboriginal economic interests in natural resource management in NSW: Perspectives from tropical North Australia and some prospects', by Jon Altman. A paper presented by Professor Jon Altman at the Symposium 'Relationships between Aboriginal people and land management issues in NSW: Barriers and bridges to successful partnerships', 1-3 October 2003, University of Wollongong.
2004/05March 2004 — Population Mobility and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia and North AmericaAn important new book just published by Routledge, edited by John Taylor (Senior Fellow, CAEPR) and Martin Bell (University of Queensland), with contributions covering Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. This collection draws together relevant research findings to produce the first comprehensive overview of Indigenous peoples' mobility. Chapters draw from a range of disciplinary sources, and from a diversity of regions and nation states. Within nations, mobility is the key determinant of local population change, with implications for service delivery, needs assessment, and governance. Mobility also provides a key indicator of social and economic transformation. As such, it informs both social theory and policy debate. For much of the twentieth century, conventional wisdom anticipated the steady convergence of socio-demographic trends, seeing this as an inevitable concomitant of the development process. However, the patterns and trends in population movement observed in this book suggest otherwise, and provide a forceful manifestation of changing race relations in these new world settings.
2004/04February 2004 — Economic Development and Participation for Remote Indigenous CommunitiesA presentation by Professor Jon Altman to the Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (MCATSIA) at Sydney on 28 November 2003. This paper explores best practice, evident barriers, and presents some examples of innovative solutions in the hybrid economy.
2004/03January 2004 — Indigenous Australians in the Contemporary Labour MarketThis ABS monograph by CAEPR researcher Boyd Hunter is published under the Australian Census Analytic Program series. It both extends the understanding of important socioeconomic trends since 1971 and demonstrates the somewhat under-utilised power of census data to illuminate the social and policy agenda for Indigenous Australians. Rather than merely replicating earlier analysis using more recent data, the monograph attempts to structure the economic analysis to enhance the interpretation of recent Indigenous involvement in the labour market in terms of supply and demand side factors. It documents the factors underlying Indigenous employment, after controlling for the effect of the CDEP scheme, and provides the first analysis of potential for discrimination against Indigenous employment in the labour market. The monograph also provides a unique analysis of Indigenous self-employment by the scale of the business, which is conducted separately for metropolitan, provincial and remote areas.
2004/02January 2004 — Senate Inquiry into Poverty And Financial Hardship in AustraliaSubmission by CAEPR researchers Jon Altman, Boyd Hunter and Melissa Johns to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry into Poverty and Financial Hardship in Australia, 18 September 2003. The document contains a brief literature review of key CAEPR publications on Indigenous poverty, and a listing of other relevant publications on Indigenous Australian socioeconomic status.
2004/01January 2004 — Monitoring 'practical' reconciliation: Evidence from the reconciliation decade, 1991-2001A background paper by CAEPR Director Jon Altman and CAEPR Fellow Boyd Hunter for the Cranlana Symposium 'Articulating a Reconciled Australia', 4-5 September 2003.
2003/08August 2003 — Beyond the Frontier: Sustainable Futures for North AustraliaA concluding speech delivered by CAEPR Director Jon Altman on 18 July 2003 to the Second Charles Darwin Symposium - Beyond the Frontier: Sustainable Futures for North Australia at the Northern Territory University.
2003/07March 2003 — Pathways to Employment for Indigenous YouthThis issue brief examines the labour market experience of Indigenous youth, their job search behaviour and the success of labour market programs in addressing employment disadvantage. It does this by considering administrative data in conjunction with data collected in a longitudinal survey conducted by the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business.
2003/06March 2003 — Labour Market Programs and Indigenous AustraliansThis issue brief examines the appropriateness, quality and effectiveness of labour market programs for Indigenous Australians by considering administrative data on program participation in conjunction with data collected in a longitudinal survey conducted by the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business.
2003/05March 2003 — Indigenous Job Search BehaviourThis issue brief examines job search behaviour of Indigenous job seekers and identifies the characteristics of successful job search behaviours of respondents to a longitudinal survey conducted by the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business.
2003/04March 2003 — Pathways to Labour Market Success for Indigenous AustraliansThere is now a substantial body of literature documenting Indigenous Australians' significant labour market disadvantage. This issue brief adds to this body of information by examining the dynamics of the labour market attachment of Indigenous Australians and provides an overview of their pathways to labour market success.
2003/03March 2003 — Economic Development Barriers, Opportunities and PathwaysThe Indigenous Economic Forum was held in Alice Springs on 6 & 7 March 2003. In Professor Jon Altman's introductory remarks to the conference, he addresses Indigenous engagement with the marketplace. In the Summary Comments, he draws together the themes espoused by conference speakers.
2003/02February 2003 — Aboriginal Access to Firearms for Wildlife HarvestingMany Indigenous people in remote areas depend on access to firearms for the wildlife harvesting on which their livelihood depends. In recent years, however, access to firearms has decreased significantly. In this paper, Professor Jon Altman explores the present situation and advocates a policy solution.
2003/01February 2003 — Indigenous Interests in WaterComments by CAEPR researchers Jon Altman and Michelle Cochrane on the 'Water Property Rights Report' delivered to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) by the Water CEOs Group.
2002/05November 2002 — Banking and Financial Services in Rural, Regional and Remote AustraliaOpening comments by CAEPR Director Jon Altman to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services Inquiry into the Level of Banking and Financial Services in Rural, Regional and Remote Areas of Australia, emphasising Indigenous perspectives.
2002/04November 2002 — Queensland Government’s Wildlife Management ReviewComment on the Queensland Government’s Wildlife Management Review Discussion Paper’ by CAEPR researchers Jon Altman and Michelle Cochrane, addressing Indigenous interests and property rights in wildlife, and their sustainable harvest.
2002/03September 2002 — Banking and Financial Services in Rural, Regional and Remote AustraliaA submission by Jon Altman and John Taylor to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services Inquiry into the Level of Banking and Financial Services in Rural, Regional and Remote Areas of Australia.
2002/02September 2002 — Capacity Building in Indigenous CommunitiesTwo submissions on Capacity Building; one comprising comments by Professor Jon Altman to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Inquiry into Capacity Building in Indigenous Communities, and the second CAEPR's submission to the Inquiry, by Jon Altman and Will Sanders.
2002/01September 2002 — Book Launch: 'Indigenous Futures' by Tim RowseTim Rowse's book Indigenous Futures: Choice and Development for Aboriginal and Islander Australia, published by UNSW Press, was launched on 26 September 2002 by The Hon. Hal Wootten AC QC, Royal Commissioner into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1988-91). Indigenous Futures synthesises ten years of CAEPR research. In the book launch address reproduced below, Hal Wootten discusses the book and addresses some of its central themes.
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Re-engaging the economic with the social
A report prepared for the community of Wugularr, the Jawoyn Association and The Fred Hollows Foundation by R.G. (Jerry) Schwab and Dale Sutherland, CAEPR, The Australian National University.