'Sort of like reading a map'
Maree Clarke, Fran Edmonds Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health19 October, 2009 This report highlights the way Aboriginal people in south-east Australia have used their artwork to relate both individual and collective stories about their experiences and understanding of the world.
What do Aboriginal women think is good antenatal care?
Gai Wilson Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health19 October, 2009 This report documents the first phase of the research project entitled Developing a Health Information System to Support Continuous Improvement in Antenatal Care for Aboriginal Women in the Central Australian Region.
Nutrition and preventative health in Indigenous futures
CSIRO and the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health19 October, 2009 This report outlines the issues and outcomes resulting from the 3rd National Indigenous Science and Research Roundtable in August 2009 in Adelaide.
Friday, 23 October 2009
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
$3 million for Make it Count' Indigenous maths program
PORTFOLIO: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
URL: http://www.deewr.gov.au/ministers/gillard/media/releases/pages/article_091019_155027.aspx
SNIPPET: The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today announced funding of $3 million for Make it Count, a numeracy project for Indigenous students. The Rudd Government has committed $540 million to improving literacy and numeracy in all Australian schools. Support for programs that have been shown to work, such as Make it Count, builds the capacity of teachers and schools to improve the educational outcomes of Indigenous students.
URL: http://www.deewr.gov.au/ministers/gillard/media/releases/pages/article_091019_155027.aspx
SNIPPET: The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today announced funding of $3 million for Make it Count, a numeracy project for Indigenous students. The Rudd Government has committed $540 million to improving literacy and numeracy in all Australian schools. Support for programs that have been shown to work, such as Make it Count, builds the capacity of teachers and schools to improve the educational outcomes of Indigenous students.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Remote Indigenous broadcasting services: licensing arrangements for radio providers
Australian Communications and Media Authority12 October, 2009 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released a discussion paper proposing simplified licensing procedures that would apply to remote Indigenous broadcasting services known as 'RIBS radio'.
Indigenous housing needs 2009: a multi-measure needs model
Melinda Petrie Australian Institute of Health and Welfare08 October, 2009 The Indigenous population experiences higher rates of homelessness and overcrowding than the non-Indigenous population.
Angka akatyerr-akert: a desert raisin report
Josie Douglas, Fiona Walsh School for Social and Policy Research09 October, 2009 This report documents some of the public knowledge about Desert raisin held by the Alyawarr people of Central Australia.
Ideology, evidence and competing principles in Australian Indigenous affairs: from Brough to Rudd via Pearson and the NTER
Will Sanders Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research13 October, 2009 This paper tracks the recent rise of ideology and evidence discourse as a way of describing good and bad Indigenous affairs policy.
ICTs and the spread of indigenous knowledge
John Liebhardt GlobalVoices12 October, 2009 At first glance, the relationship between indigenous knowledge and the Internet seems fraught.
Australian Communications and Media Authority12 October, 2009 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released a discussion paper proposing simplified licensing procedures that would apply to remote Indigenous broadcasting services known as 'RIBS radio'.
Indigenous housing needs 2009: a multi-measure needs model
Melinda Petrie Australian Institute of Health and Welfare08 October, 2009 The Indigenous population experiences higher rates of homelessness and overcrowding than the non-Indigenous population.
Angka akatyerr-akert: a desert raisin report
Josie Douglas, Fiona Walsh School for Social and Policy Research09 October, 2009 This report documents some of the public knowledge about Desert raisin held by the Alyawarr people of Central Australia.
Ideology, evidence and competing principles in Australian Indigenous affairs: from Brough to Rudd via Pearson and the NTER
Will Sanders Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research13 October, 2009 This paper tracks the recent rise of ideology and evidence discourse as a way of describing good and bad Indigenous affairs policy.
ICTs and the spread of indigenous knowledge
John Liebhardt GlobalVoices12 October, 2009 At first glance, the relationship between indigenous knowledge and the Internet seems fraught.
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Indigenous remains returning from Vienna
Jenny Macklin - Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Media Statement - 09-10-2009
Jenny Macklin - Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Media Statement - 09-10-2009
APO Research
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.
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.
Thursday, 8 October 2009
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.
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.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Positive trends in Indigenous school attendance
Jenny Macklin - Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Media Statement with Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Desley Boyle - 30-09-2009
Jenny Macklin - Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Media Statement with Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Desley Boyle - 30-09-2009
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