$396 million for remote Indigenous housing in NSW

Remote Indigenous communities in New South Wales will benefit from a $396 million investment in housing over the next ten years to improve living standards for families and children.

The funding allocation is central to the landmark $1.94 billion Council of Australian Governments' commitment to remote Indigenous housing.

Indigenous victims of violent crime

Indigenous victims of violent crime: an exploratory analysis of risk and protection factors

Lucy Snowball and Don Weatherburn / NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
This paper from the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference presents the results of an exploratory analysis of risk factors for violent victimisation using a wide range of factors drawn from the National Torres Strait Islander Social Survey. The results show higher risks of violent victimisation amongst certain groups, with the strongest correlate of Indigenous violence being high risk alcohol abuse. Posted 18-07-2007

Indigenous poverty in urban NSW: A multidimensional approach

May 30 Rebecca Reeve, (PhD Researcher, Macquarie University)

Abstract: This seminar seeks to identify the degree and causes of urban Indigenous poverty in NSW using multiple indicators, with a view to assessing the efficacy of current policy approaches to improving Indigenous welfare. The study utilises the Productivity Commission's Key Indicators Framework for Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, NATSISS (2002) and GSS (2002) data and is part of a broader forthcoming doctoral thesis tentatively titled 'Indigenous Poverty and Policy Approaches in Urban NSW'. This seminar will examine some possible causal relationships between the indicators identified by the Productivity Commission and explore how one might test such relationships econometrically.

Transcript available