APO Research

How young Indigenous people are faring
Dusseldorp Skills Forum
30 April 2009This report uses ABS Census data to examine and comment on changes in the education and labour force participation of young Indigenous people (15 to 19 year-olds, 20 to 24 year-olds and 25 to 29 year-olds).

Keeping up
Dusseldorp Skills Forum
30 April 2009This report contains several good practice examples of programs that are working to improve the transitions from education, training and work participation of Indigenous young people, aged 15- 29

Working in disadvantaged communities:
Elizabeth HarrisAustralia and New Zealand Health Policy
29 April 2009Residents of socioeconomically disadvantaged locations are more likely to have poor health than residents of socioeconomically advantaged locations and this has been comprehensively mapped in Australian cities.

Is 'Close the Gap' a useful approach?
Kerryn PholiAustralian Review of Public Affairs
29 April 2009There is widespread enthusiasm for the Australian government's commitment to 'Close the Gap' in Indigenous disadvantage, health status and life expectancy. Yet despite the rhetoric, the pursuit of statistical equality for Indigenous Australians is not a novel or particularly promising approach.

Revisiting Indigenous education
Helen Hughesdsf
23 April 2009This paper argues that there is no ‘gap’ between the literacy and numeracy of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health labour force statistics and data quality assessment
Australian Institute of Health and Welfaredsf
23 April 2009Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health labour force statistics and data quality assessment provides comprehensive data on the Indigenous health labour force.