APO Papers

Some reflections on the quality of administrative data for Indigenous Australians: The importance of knowing something about the unknown(s)
Boyd Hunter and Aarthi Ayyar / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy ResearchAnalysis of the Repeat Offenders Database collated by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows that the Indigenous population of offenders are substantially undercounted in administrative data collections. Posted 31-03-2009

Towards a gender-related index for Indigenous Australians
Mandy Yap and Nicholas Biddle / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research There has been extensive research into the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous outcomes but very little of this has adopted a gender perspective. Posted 31-03-2009

Closing the gap - targets for indicator diseases Stephanie Davis / Department of Health and Families, NT GovernmentThis article discusses the clear gap between the rates at which Indigenous and non-Indigenous people suffer from communicable diseases. Posted 27-03-2009