Report on the Inquiry into Local Government Service Delivery to Indigenous Communities ...
6/08/2009Report on the Inquiry into Local Government Service Delivery to Indigenous CommunitiesAt the request of the then Minister for Local Government, the Local Government Advisory Board conducted an Inquiry into Local Government Service Delivery to Indigenous Communities.The Inquiry was prompted by the Bilateral Agreement on Indigenous Affairs, which was signed by the Commonwealth and State Governments in July 2006.
http://www.dia.wa.gov.au/Our–Business/Partnerships/Bilateral–Agreement/
For a copy of the Board’s report Click Here.
http://www.dlgrd.wa.gov.au/Publications/Docs/LGServiceDeliveryToIndigenousCommunities.pdf

Making solid ground: Infrastructure and key organisations review

Fieldworx / Australia Council
This report on the making solid ground review examines the Australia Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander key organisations program and new ways to support the national Indigenous arts infrastructure. Posted 22-01-2009

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2008 report: detailed analyses
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report contains detailed analyses underlying the summary data presented in the policy report Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008 report, produced by the Department of Health and Ageing. Posted 19-01-2009

9th session of the Human Rights Council: Reports

James Anaya, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, 9th sess, Agenda Item
3, A/HRC/9/9 (2008).


(Sourced from NNTT Judgements and Information email alert service, the UN
Human Rights Council website, and the Federal Court’s Native Title Bulletin)

Northern Territory Emergency Response Review

Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) Review board report 2008
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

Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples due to transport

Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples due to transport, 2001-02 to 2005-06
Jesia G. Berry and James E. Harrison / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report looks at the death and serious injury of Indigenous persons in Australia due to transport accidents in the five-year period 2001-02 to 2005-06. It focuses on the four jurisdictions of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland and examines variables such as mode of transport, gender, age group and remoteness from an urban centre. Posted 23-09-2008

National report: native title

National Native Title Tribunal
This report is the first of an ongoing series of status reports on the native title system and focuses primarily on the progress of native title claimant applications. Posted 22-07-2008

Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2004-05
Elizabeth Penm / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report presents national-level information for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors, as well as on cardiovascular deaths. Posted 09-06-2008

Responding to substance abuse and offending in Indigenous communities

Responding to substance abuse and offending in Indigenous communities: review of diversion programs
Jacqueline Joudo / Australian Institute of Criminology
This report outlines the diversion programs currently operating for Indigenous offenders and the barriers to participation and completion that determine their effectiveness. Posted 03-06-2008

Our children, our future

Our children, our future: achieving improved primary and secondary education outcomes for Indigenous students
Louise Doyle and Regina Hill / The AMP Foundation, Effective Philanthropy and Social Ventures Australia
This report outlines eight interventions aimed at improving the educational outcomes of Indigenous children and young people. It covers current educational challenges and provides a framework for making philanthropic investments that will produce sustainable outcomes. Posted 03-06-2008

A report into sexual abuse

Children on Anangu, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara Lands Commission of Inquiry: a report into sexual abuse
Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry
This is the report of an inquiry to examine the incidence of sexual abuse of children on the Lands, the nature and extent of that abuse, and to report as to measures which should be implemented to prevent sexual abuse of the children and to address the consequences for the communities. Posted 07-05-2008

The health and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2008

The health and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2008
Australian Bureau of Statistics / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the health and welfare of Australia's Indigenous population. Some of the links between education and health and between selected risk factors and health are also explored. Posted 30-04-2008

Population characteristics

Population characteristics, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006
Australian Bureau of Statistics
There have been improvements across many areas for Indigenous people, including a fall in unemployment, according to an analysis of 2006 Census data by the ABS. However, there is much catching up still to occur, when compared with the non-Indigenous population. Posted 22-04-2008

Report on government services 2008

Report on government services 2008: Indigenous compendium
Productivity Commission
This report provides data to enable ongoing comparisons of the efficiency and effectiveness of Commonwealth and State government services, including intra-government services. Posted 16-04-2008

Expenditures on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Expenditures on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2004-05
John Deeble, John Shelton Agar and John Goss / Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This report examines health resource distribution and funding by levels of government, the private sector, by region and by primary and secondary/tertiary health care. Estimates of health expenditure in 2004-05 are compared with estimates for previous years. Posted 12-03-2008

Fishing case tests economic waters for traditional owners

Sean Brennan and Peta MacGillivray / Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of NSW
Can Northern Territory fishers trawl coastal waters that lie within the boundaries of Aboriginal land, without the consent of traditional owners? That was the legal question tested in the High Court over two days in early December 2007. Posted 05-03-2008

The challenges of Indigenous women in liberal democracies

The challenges of Indigenous women in liberal democracies
Megan Davis / Indigenous Law Centre
This paper considers the challenges Indigenous women face in Australian democracy. Posted 06-03-2008

Observations of the 2006 indigenous enumeration strategy

Agency, contingency and census process: Observations of the 2006 indigenous enumeration strategy in remote Aboriginal Australia
Frances Morphy and others / Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
During the period leading up to and during the 2006 Census, a team of researchers undertook an observation of the census enumeration in four remote Australian locations in order to provide a frank and objective assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the Indigenous Enumeration Strategy. Posted 03-02-2008

State owned and managed Indigenous housing

State owned and managed Indigenous housing 2006-07: Commonwealth State Housing
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
In total, 12,622 households lived in state owned and managed Indigenous housing at 30 June 2007 and a further 10,835 households were on waiting lists for this type of housing. This publication details the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement public rental housing assistance in this area for 2006-07. Posted 31-01-2008

Highway to health: better access for rural and remote patients

Highway to health: better access for rural and remote patients
Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs

While Australia has a relatively sophisticated public and private health care system, for some people geographic isolation inhibits their access to specialist health care. Out of a total population of just over 21 million, approximately 34 per cent of Australians reside in regional, rural and remote areas with limited specialist health services. This senate report investigates the operation and effectiveness of Patient Assisted Travel Schemes Posted 05-12-2007