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.

Land management for emissions offsets on Indigenous lands
This 70 page CSIRO Report assessed the potential value of land management practices that can sequester carbon or change emissions regimes on indigenous lands.
http://www.csiro.au/resources/Indigenous-lands-emissions-offsets.html

Australian Government Media Releases

SIHIP works underway in NT
PORTFOLIO: Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/internet/jennymacklin.nsf/content/sihip_underway_nt_21may09.htmSNIPPET:
SIHIP works underway in NT. SIHIP is a $672 million joint Australian and Northern Territory Government housing program and represents the largest investment by governments in Indigenous housing in the Northern Territory. The state of Indigenous housing across remote Australia is the most visible and enduring evidence of the failure of Governments, over decades, to address Indigenous disadvantage.

2009 Media Release: Removing racial prejudice increases chances of http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2009/38_09.html
SNIPPET: I welcome the Ministers discussion paper and the pending consultations with the 73 prescribed communities affected by the NTER as necessary steps to make sure the Emergency Response does not discriminate against Aboriginal people on the basis of their race, Commissioner Calma said. Similarly, I urge the government to be all ears and to diligently record the wishes of Aboriginal people in the prescribed areas.

2009 Media Release: Look at the benefits of Homelands living before moving to shut them down
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2009/37_09.html
SNIPPET: Taking education away from Homelands will mean parents will be torn between their legal requirement to school their children and their desire to protect their children by keeping them away from a myriad of potential problems in the towns, Commissioner Calma said. Ministers and others really have a duty to take a good look at the benefits of Homeland living, and genuinely consult Homeland residents and their representative bodies, before moving too rapidly to shut them down.

Towards a sustainable development phase
http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/internet/jennymacklin.nsf/content/future_directions_nter_21may09.htm
SNIPPET: Towards a sustainable development phase: Discussion paper on Future Directions for the NTER. The Government is moving the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) to a sustainable development phase to ensure measures will be effective in the long-term, including stronger engagement and partnerships with Indigenous communities. In moving towards the sustainable development phase the Government will maintain and improve core NTER measures including compulsory income management, alcohol restrictions and pornography controls, while placing a greater emphasis on community development and community engagement.

$10 million to help Northern Australian Indigenous communities explore potential of future carbon markets - media release 20 March 2009PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the ArtsURL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/mr20090320a.html

SNIPPET: You are here: &raquo 2009. The Rudd Government will invest up to $10 million to support participation by Indigenous communities in potential carbon markets. The traditional fire management project will be managed by the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance, which will partner with Indigenous land managers and scientists and researchers from Charles Darwin University and the CSIRO.