Indigenous social exclusion

Indigenous social exclusion: Insights and challenges for the concept of social inclusion
Boyd Hunter / Brotherhood of St Laurence, Social Inclusion Down Under symposium
Indigenous people are among the most socially excluded in Australia and Indigenous disadvantage is multidimensional, differing from other forms of poverty in Australia in the incidence and depth of disadvantage experienced. Posted 23-09-2008

Equality and difference arguments in Australian Indigenous affairs

Equality and difference arguments in Australian Indigenous affairs: Examples from income support and housing
W. Sanders / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
This paper explores the complex and never-ending dialectic between equality and difference in Australian Indigenous affairs, including responsibility-based welfare systems and Aboriginal housing policy debates. Posted 01-02-2008

Observations of the 2006 indigenous enumeration strategy

Agency, contingency and census process: Observations of the 2006 indigenous enumeration strategy in remote Aboriginal Australia
Frances Morphy and others / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
During the period leading up to and during the 2006 Census, a team of researchers undertook an observation of the census enumeration in four remote Australian locations in order to provide a frank and objective assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the Indigenous Enumeration Strategy. Posted 03-02-2008

Forming partnerships

Forming partnerships: the human rights of children in need of care and protection
Sharon Bessell and Tali Gal / Crawford School of Economics and Government
The care and protection of children experiencing or considered to be at risk of abuse or neglect within their families is a major policy dilemma. Children in the care and protection system do not fare well on a range of indicators, when compared to the overall population. This paper synthesises concepts of human rights, children's needs and citizenship as a basis for redefining policy and services for children in out of home care. Posted 21-11-2007