Indigenous temporary mobility practices in Australia

On the move? Indigenous temporary mobility practices in Australia
Sarah Prout / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
This paper draws together the disparate body of existing research regarding Indigenous temporary mobilities to build a more comprehensive picture of these population dynamics and their policy implications. Posted 24-01-2009

Building a sustainable National Indigenous Representative Body

Building a sustainable National Indigenous Representative Body – issues for consideration
Tom Calma / Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
An issues paper outlining key considerations in the development of a new National Indigenous Representative Body. Posted 14-07-2008

Indigenous legal rights to freshwater

Indigenous legal rights to freshwater: Australia in the international context
Melanie Durette / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
The paper undertakes a comparative overview of the law as it pertains to Indigenous rights in freshwater in four countries: the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Posted 27-05-2008

Working with Indigenous survivors of sexual assault

Dorinda Cox / Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault
This paper examines the historical and contemporary aspects of sexual assault as they impact on Indigenous people. It suggests some improvements to existing service delivery to enable cultural appropriateness, and it gives some advice on the skills and knowledge needed in order to work effectively with Indigenous people. Posted 28-05-2008

Lower than expected morbidity and mortality

Lower than expected morbidity and mortality for an Australian Aboriginal population: 10-year follow-up in a decentralised community
Kevin G Rowley and others / Medical Journal of Australia
This paper argues that contributors to lower than expected morbidity and mortality in outstation based Aboriginal communities are likely to include the nature of primary health care services, as well as social factors, including connectedness to culture, family and land, and opportunities for self-determination. Posted 10-03-2008

Native Title Claim Research

Ethnographic evidence, Rights and Interests, and Native Title Claim Research [September 2007]

Lisa Corbellini(Volume 3 Number 11)