Factors affecting crime rates in Indigenous communities in NSW
Ruth McCausland, Alison Vivian Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning10 August, 2009 There are notable differences in the Local Court data on crime rates between different Aboriginal communities in NSW.

Northern Territory student attendance 2005 to 2007
Bruce Dunn School for Social and Policy Research 17 August, 2009 This document reports on the student attendance rate for NT DEET schools during 2005 to 2007. It compares the student attendance rate and the average weekly enrolment for all NT DEET students.

A mental health first aid training program for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Len G. Kanowski, Anthony F. Jorm, Laura M. Hart International Journal of Mental Health Systems17 August, 2009 This paper describes the adaptation of the Mental Health First Aid program to create an Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander course and presents an initial evaluation of its uptake and acceptability.

'From little things, big things grow'
11 August, 2009 Interview with Dick Estens, Chairman of the Aboriginal Employment Strategy.

$11m for NT managed accommodation
Jenny Macklin - Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Media Statement - 29-06-2009

Gaps in Australia's Indigenous Language Policy: Dismantling bilingualeducation in the Northern Territory - by Jane Simpson, Jo Caffery and PatrickMcConvell (2009) (PDF, 325kb)

http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/10704/Simpson_et_al_2009_DP_24.pdf

Progress on the NT Emergency Response
More police on the beat, greater access to healthy foods and 71 active night patrols are some of the key outcomes of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER).
In the two years since the NTER began, there have been significant improvements in the services delivered in the 73 prescribed communities, town camps and associated outstations across the Northern Territory

NT govt. begins rolling out indigenous ICT services

NT Emergency Response progress report

The Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) is making good progress with more than 15,000 people on income management, more police on the beat and a successful school nutrition program in 70 communities.

The Australian Government is moving the NTER to a sustainable development phase to ensure measures will be effective for the long-term, including engagement and partnership with Indigenous communities.

Indigenous intervention, doing good and racism

The High Court has just handed down its decision on the constitutionality of the legislation enabling the Northern Territory intervention: Wurridjal v Commonwealth of Australia [2009] HCA 2. A majority of the Court ruled that the legislation was constitutional, with Kirby J delivering a last (and controversial) dissent. It is a fascinating decision, involving the question of whether the Commonwealth has acquired property by reason of the Northern Territory intervention, and, if so, whether it has done so under “just terms” as required by s 51(xxxi) of the Constitution. [The short answer, for those who can't be bothered reading through the entire post, is that the majority of the Court concluded that property was acquired by the Commonwealth as a result of the intervention, but that the terms were just.]

Safe houses open across the NT

By Australian Labor Party

Jenny Macklin - Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Media Statement with NT Minister Malarndirri Mccarthy and MP for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon - 31-01-2009

The Australian and Northern Territory Governments today opened a women’s safe house and a men’s cooling off place in the remote community of Ngukurr, as part of a roll-out of 22 safe places across the Northern Territory as part of the Northern Territory Emergency Response.

Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response child health check

The progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response child health check initiative: preliminary results from the child health check and follow-up data collections
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Department of Health and Ageing
This report provides information on the number and types of health conditions identified and the number and types of referrals made as part of the child health checks. It also includes results from the follow-up collections which measure the extent to which children have received the follow-up care that they need. Posted 19-01-2009

Independent review of workforce issues in NT Indigenous aged care

PORTFOLIO: Health and Ageing
SNIPPET: As part of the Australian Government's commitment to Indigenous aged care, Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot today announced an independent review of three Government aged care workforce initiatives in the Northern Territory. 'This is about developing, supporting and retaining a skilled aged care workforce to tackle the unique challenges of remote Indigenous communities,' Mrs Elliot said. The transition of community development placements to paid positions in community aged care services The delivery of training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aged care workers and The development of training resources and other workforce supports such as policy and procedures manuals.

Northern Territory Emergency Response: Report of the NTER Review Board

Northern Territory Emergency Response Review
This report of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board recommends that the intervention continues but that there is a need to reset the relationship between Aboriginal people and the governments of Australia and the Northern Territory. Posted 24-10-2008

Indigenous welfare reform

Indigenous welfare reform in the Northern Territory and Cape York: A comparative analysis
Jon Altman and Melissa Johns / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
This paper examines and compares two Indigenous jurisdictions in the Northern Territory and Cape York that have been subject to radical policy interventions by Federal and State Governments. Posted 05-08-2008

Kava and after in the Nhulunbuy

Kava and after in the Nhulunbuy (Gulf of Carpentaria) Hinterland
Helen Hughes / Centre for Independent Studies
Many Aboriginal communities have welcomed the Australian Government’s ban on the import of kava, as part of the Northern Territory "emergency intervention". Helen Hughes asks what comes next? Clearly banning kava won't solve the deeper social, education and health problems endemic in remote indigenous communities. Will these problems merely be wallpapered over with alcoholism or to the rise of cannabis and other drugs? Posted 18-10-2007

ANU - RMAP Seminar: Police failure in Indigenous affairs. Altman

RESEARCH SEMINAR - Policy failure in Indigenous affairs: The social and economic impacts and likely legacies of the NT emergency intervention.
Jon Altman MP3 Audio
On June 21 2007 the Australian government dramatically declared a 'national emergency' in relation to child sex abuse in the Northern Territory. In an unprecedented set of actions the Commonwealth has taken direct control of communities, overriding the authority of both the NT government and local community organisations using the territory powers conferred under the Australian constitution. Subsequently in August 2007 these actions and others were enshrined in Australian law. This seminar addresses the immediate policy background to this intervention and then from a development anthropology perspective assesses the likely social and economic impacts of these new laws on prescribed communities and their residents. It is argued in the seminar that for a wide range of reasons the new measures are unlikely to work and indeed may result in adverse and unsustainable outcomes for Indigenous Australians.

Local governments and Indigenous interests in Australia’s Northern Territory

W. Sanders
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Discussion Paper 285 ISSN 1036 1774 ISBN 0 7315 5660 7
Abstract
Australia’s Northern Territory has three categories of local government referred to as municipal, community government and association councils. This paper explores the historical development of these three categories of local governing body since Northern Territory self-government in 1978. Through more contemporary demographic analysis, and some minor spatial analysis, the paper also explores the different relationships of these three types of local governments to Indigenous interests. Two important pieces of background information are that roughly one-quarter of the Northern Territory’s population of 200,000 is Aboriginal and that outside the major urban areas this proportion is much higher still. A later section of the paper looks at the contrasting financial positions of these three types of local government in the Northern Territory and relates this to the very different service roles they play for Indigenous people in remote areas and others.