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Protocols for the delivery of social and emotional wellbeing and mental health services in Indigenous communities
Melissa Haswell North Queensland Health Equalities Promotion Unit05 November, 2009 These guidelines have been written to fill a significant gap in resources available to Primary Health Care and Mental Health services.

The geography and demography of Indigenous migration: Insights for policy and planning
Nicholas Biddle Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research 05 November, 2009 The aim of this paper is to consider a number of related aspects of Indigenous migration including the propensity to move, population redistribution, migration patterns and flows, urbanisation and intra-urban migration.

The 2nd National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family & Community Strengths Conference
LOCATION: The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus
ORGANISED BY: The Family Action Centre & SNAICC01 December, 2009 The Family Action Centre and SNAICC invite you to be part of The 2nd National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family & Community Strengths Conference.
When: 1 - 3 December 2009Where: The University of Newcastle, Callaghan CampusThis conferences' principal sponsor is The Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, other sponsor includes The University of Newcastle.
The conference will explore family-centred, strength-based community engagement in relation to:# nurturing cultural identity in childre

The Native Title Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009 introduces a new process intothe Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) on land where native title may exist forthe construction of public housing and public facilities, including health,education and emergency services.
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22legislation/billhome/r4230%22

The new Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009 (Vic) is intendedto fast-track planning, environment and heritage approvals for major transportprojects by creating a single, streamlined assessment process. Part 6 Division2 deals with native title rights and interests.
http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/Domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubStatbook.nsf/f932b66241ecf1b7ca256e92000e23be/A33FAFFCBF244FC7CA2576400011A63F/$FILE/09-056a.pdf

NTRU PublicationsS Burnside, 'Negotiation in Good Faith under the Native Title Act: A CriticalAnalysis', Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title, vol.4, no.3, 2009.K Guest, 'The Promise of Comprehensive Native Title Settlements: The Burrup,MG-Ord and Wimmera Agreements', AIATSIS Research Discussion Paper No.27,2009.
http://ntru.aiatsis.gov.au/publications/2009/DiscussionPaper_27_Guest.pdf

Other Native Title PublicationsJ Altman and D Martin (eds), Power, culture, economy: Indigenous Australiansand mining, ANU E Press, Canberra, 2009.B Cleworth, G Kapterian and P S Gillies, ‘Gove: Forgotten catalyst for nativetitle or are we just where we started? Native title and the mining industryissues in Australia from Gove to the present day’, Macquarie UniversityLaw Working Paper Series, no.2008-7, 2008.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1105577

CJ French, ‘Perspectives on Court Annexed Alternative Dispute Resolution’,Law Council of Australia — Multi-Door Symposium, Canberra, 27 July 2009.
http://www.highcourt.gov.au/speeches/frenchcj/frenchcj27july09.pdf

MoU moves Qld native title forward - - National Native Title Tribunal
PORTFOLIO: Attorney-General's
URL: http://www.nntt.gov.au/news-and-communications/media-releases/pages/mou_moves_qld_native_title_forward.aspx
SNIPPET: Negotiations on two native title applications from the Bularnu Waluwarra and Wangkayujuru people of north-west Queensland took a step forward today with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with councils in the region. Future discussions, which also involve the applicants' native title service provider (Queensland South Native Title Services), will look at possible benefits for the parties, such as agreements giving councils use of some land for public purposes and protection for cultural heritage sites. The native title applications are the Bularnu Waluwarra and Wangkayujuru People 1, filed on 6 February 1997 for 22,194sq km of land in the Boulia, Cloncurry and Mt Isa local government areas.

Closing the gap for Indigenous families in Queensland
PORTFOLIO: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
URL: http://www.deewr.gov.au/ministers/ellis/media/releases/pages/article_091104_134949.aspx
SNIPPET: The Federal Minister for Early Childhood Education and Child Care Kate Ellis and Queensland's Premier Anna Bligh today announced ten new Children and Family Centres for Queensland. The ten centres will target the needs of Indigenous families and their young children, but all families will be able to use the centres. Children and Family Centres are a hub for services that help children and their families develop in terms of health, education and social interaction.

TITLE: Minister Welcomes Launch of New Urban Indigenous Health Institute
PORTFOLIO: Health and Ageing
URL: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws049.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=11
SNIPPET: The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, today welcomed the establishment of the new Institute for Urban Indigenous Health in Brisbane. The Minister said the Institute would integrate health planning and servicing within Brisbane and the surrounding regions to meet the health needs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. strengthening and maintaining key service relationships such as those with the local Indigenous health services, local Divisions of General Practice, private practitioners, allied health service providers and hospitals development, testing and evaluation of `new' models of primary health care delivery to urban Indigenous populations the establishment of a teaching centre in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health through collaboration with the Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland (UQ).

Minister Welcomes Launch of New Urban Indigenous Health Institute
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws049.htm
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, has welcomed the establishment of the new Institute for Urban Indigenous Health in Brisbane. Several additions and changes to drugs listed under the Pharmaceutical BenefitsScheme com...

Support for Aboriginal children and families in SA
PORTFOLIO: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
URL: http://www.deewr.gov.au/ministers/ellis/media/releases/pages/article_091030_142345.aspx
SNIPPET: The Minister for Early Childhood Education and Child Care Kate Ellis and the South Australian Minister for Early Childhood Development Jay Weatherill today announced three new Children and Family Centres for South Australia.. The centres target the needs of Aboriginal families and their young children, but all families will be able to use the service. The SA Children and Family Centres will open in 2011 and bring together services to help children and their families develop in terms of health, education and social development.

Sustaining at-risk Indigenous tenancies: a review of Australian policy responses
Paul Flatau Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute26 October, 2009 The key objective of the study is to outline and evaluate the operation and effectiveness of tenant support programs and other tenancy support measures in assisting at-risk Indigenous tenants.

Linking flexible delivery and community development: The Wugularr story
Stuart Anderson National Cente for Vocational Education Research26 October, 2009 NCVER's Academic Scholarship Program provided the opportunity for an investigation into the flexible delivery of vocational education and training (VET) in a remote Indigenous community.

An Aboriginal family and community healing program in metropolitan Adelaide
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin26 October, 2009 This paper describes and evaluates the process, impacts and outcomes of a program designed to develop effective responses to family violence that took into account the complexities within Aboriginal families and communities.

Change the 'lock em up' mentality
23 October, 2009 Ted Wilkes, Chair, National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee, speaks about alcohol use in Indigenous Communities and the links between self esteem, substance abuse and incarceration. The Australian Drug Foundation's conference Thinking Drinking 3 held in Brisbane in August 2009, looked at the role of alcohol in entertainment, violence and crime, the night-time economy, marketing, taxation, competition policy, alcogenic environments and more. 9.59 minutes