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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

'Sort of like reading a map'
Maree Clarke, Fran Edmonds Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health19 October, 2009 This report highlights the way Aboriginal people in south-east Australia have used their artwork to relate both individual and collective stories about their experiences and understanding of the world.

What do Aboriginal women think is good antenatal care?
Gai Wilson Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health19 October, 2009 This report documents the first phase of the research project entitled Developing a Health Information System to Support Continuous Improvement in Antenatal Care for Aboriginal Women in the Central Australian Region.

Nutrition and preventative health in Indigenous futures
CSIRO and the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health19 October, 2009 This report outlines the issues and outcomes resulting from the 3rd National Indigenous Science and Research Roundtable in August 2009 in Adelaide.

$3 million for Make it Count' Indigenous maths program

PORTFOLIO: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
URL: http://www.deewr.gov.au/ministers/gillard/media/releases/pages/article_091019_155027.aspx
SNIPPET: The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today announced funding of $3 million for Make it Count, a numeracy project for Indigenous students. The Rudd Government has committed $540 million to improving literacy and numeracy in all Australian schools. Support for programs that have been shown to work, such as Make it Count, builds the capacity of teachers and schools to improve the educational outcomes of Indigenous students.

Remote Indigenous broadcasting services: licensing arrangements for radio providers
Australian Communications and Media Authority12 October, 2009 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released a discussion paper proposing simplified licensing procedures that would apply to remote Indigenous broadcasting services known as 'RIBS radio'.

Indigenous housing needs 2009: a multi-measure needs model
Melinda Petrie Australian Institute of Health and Welfare08 October, 2009 The Indigenous population experiences higher rates of homelessness and overcrowding than the non-Indigenous population.

Angka akatyerr-akert: a desert raisin report
Josie Douglas, Fiona Walsh School for Social and Policy Research09 October, 2009 This report documents some of the public knowledge about Desert raisin held by the Alyawarr people of Central Australia.

Ideology, evidence and competing principles in Australian Indigenous affairs: from Brough to Rudd via Pearson and the NTER
Will Sanders Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research13 October, 2009 This paper tracks the recent rise of ideology and evidence discourse as a way of describing good and bad Indigenous affairs policy.

ICTs and the spread of indigenous knowledge
John Liebhardt GlobalVoices12 October, 2009 At first glance, the relationship between indigenous knowledge and the Internet seems fraught.

Indigenous remains returning from Vienna
Jenny Macklin - Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Media Statement - 09-10-2009

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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.

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.

Positive trends in Indigenous school attendance
Jenny Macklin - Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Media Statement with Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Desley Boyle - 30-09-2009

National Indigenous eye health survey
Hugh Taylor Centre for Eye Research Australia28 September, 2009 The rate of blindness in Indigenous adults is more than six times higher than non-Indigenous Australians.

Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled alcohol and other drugs sector in Queensland
Dennis Gray National Drug Research Institute28 September, 2009 This report makes 23 recommendations in relation to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Alcohol and other Drug Sector in Queensland.

Looking into Indigenous Eye Health
PORTFOLIO: Health and Ageing
URL: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws032.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=9
SNIPPET: A national report into Indigenous eye health released today shows adult Indigenous Australians suffer higher rates of blindness and other eye related health problems than non-Indigenous Australians. The National Indigenous Eye Health Survey found that 1.9 per cent of Indigenous adults were blind, over six times the rate of non-Indigenous adults. The National Indigenous Eye Health Survey was part of the Australian Government's National Eye Health Initiative, which focuses on improving the eye health of those at greater risk of eye disease and injury including people aged over 40 years, people with diabetes, people with a family history of eye disease and Indigenous Australians.

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Policy change and the Indigenous Land Corporation
Patrick Sullivan Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies21 September, 2009 This discussion paper finds that it is time to review the purposes of the Indigenous Land Corporation and the Land Fund in the light of its original charter and to make its policies and strategies more inclusive and transparent.

Closing the nutrition and physical activity gap in Victoria: Victorian Aboriginal nutrition and physical activity strategy
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation21 September, 2009 This Strategy is the result of a comprehensive review of the Indigenous health promotion literature and a state-wide consultation process to improve nutrition, physical activity and reducing the chronic disease burden among the Victorian Aboriginal Community.

Wild rivers, conservation and Indigenous rights: an impossible balance?
Meg McLoughlin, Melissa Sinclair Indigenous Law Bulletin22 September, 2009 This article discusses Queensland's controversial Wild Rivers Act, arguing that it steamrolls Cape York communities’ fundamental rights to culture, land and development.

Indigenous portal
21 September, 2009 The Indigenous portal provides up to date information on programs and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Closing the Gap - Indigneous Health Project Officers in Divisions of General Practice
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-nr-nr158.htm
The Australian Government has provided $34.7 million over three years to fund 94 full-time equivalent new Indigenous Health Project Officer positions as a part of the COAG National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes.

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Experimental estimates and projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 1991 to 2021
Australian Bureau of Statistics 14 September, 2009 Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) population is projected to reach between 713,300 and 721,100 people in 2021, according to this report.

Recognising and responding to Hepatitis C in Indigenous communities in Victoria
Stephen McNally, Robyne Latham Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society14 September, 2009 While the goal of increasing the number of people on treatment for hepatitis is necessary, there are many other critical issues which need to be addressed if the burden of hepatitis in Indigenous communities throughout Australia is to be reduced.

Indigenous languages - a national approach
Peter Garrett, Jenny Macklin Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts14 September, 2009 The new National Indigenous Languages Policy is aimed at keeping Indigenous languages alive and supporting Indigenous Australians to connect with their language, culture and country.

Native Title reforms pass
Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, today welcomed the passage through Parliament of legislation to achieve quicker, more flexible negotiated settlements of native title claims.