The needs of Indigenous students and their communities

Angelo Gavrielatos and Susan Hopgood / Australian Education Union
This brief paper outlines the key areas for action to improve the outcomes for Indigenous students and their communities. Posted 24-01-2009

Welfare payments and school attendance

Welfare payments and school attendance: an analysis of experimental policy in Indigenous education
Larissa Behrendt and Ruth McCausland / Australian Education Union
Making the welfare payments of Indigenous people conditional on measures such as their children's school attendance is becoming an increasingly popular policy measure in Australia. This paper sets out the increasing influence of the concept of mutual obligation in Australia and its particular application to Indigenous policy. Posted 13-08-2008

Universal preschool education

Universal preschool education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Michaela Kronemann / Australian Education Union
Around half of Australia's Indigenous children are not enrolled in preschool education. This briefing paper recommends that two years of free, high quality and culturally appropriate preschool education should be made a priority for all Indigenous children. Posted 29-10-2007

Education is the key

Education is the key. An educational future for Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory
Michaela Kronemann / Australian Education Union
This report highlights the significant levels of under-resourcing of the Northern Territory Education system and the impacts that this has on the ability of Indigenous people to access high quality public education. Posted 29-10-2007