APO Research

Second languages and Australian schooling
Yvette Slaughter, Joseph Lo Bianco Australian Council for Educational Research05 October, 2009 The case for increased second language learning in Australia is better grounded in the personal benefits to individual learners than in arguments about economic and social benefits according to this review.

Holding title and managing land in Cape York: two case studies
Peter Blackwood, Paul Memmott Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies01 October, 2009 This 2008 paper is concerned with the effective design and operation of Prescribed Bodies Corporates, as well as other types of corporate bodies utilized by Indigenous groups in Queensland to hold the different forms of Aboriginal land title obtainable under State and Commonwealth legislation.

The role of spirituality in social and emotional wellbeing initiatives: The Family Wellbeing Program at Yarrabah
Alexandra McEwan Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health02 October, 2009 The relationship between spirituality, religion and health is an emerging area of research worldwide and this paper explores the role that spirituality plays in social and emotional wellbeing for one group of Indigenous Australians.

National Indigenous water planning forum
Sue Jackson CSIRO01 October, 2009 This report focusses on the Indigenous access provisions of the 2004 National Water Initiative (NWI).

The overburden report: Contracting for Indigenous health services
Judith Dwyer Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health02 October, 2009 This project aims to expand our understanding of the problems of funding and regulating primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Commercial water and Indigenous Australians: a scoping study of licence allocations
Bill Arthur, Jon Altman Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research01 October, 2009 The empirical research reported here documents actual allocations of water licences and entitlements to identified Indigenous users on a state-by-state jurisdictional basis.

Voices from the campfires: establishing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs05 October, 2009 In February 2009 the Australian government announced $26.6 million over four years to establish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation, to be operational from January 2010. This report summarises the views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about how the foundation should operate.