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Toward a Perpetual Funding Model for Native Title Prescribed Bodies Corporate
Author/editor: Woods, K, Markham, F, Smith, D, Taylor, J, Burbidge, B & Dinku, Y
Paper no: 7
Year published: 2021
When the Federal Court determines that a group of native title holders have rights and interests in a particular area of land or sea, the Native Title Act 1993 requires them to establish or nominate a legal entity which will hold and manage those rights. These Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs) are...
Beyond Parity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Planning: Achieving Equity through Needs-Based and Strengths-Based Approaches
Author/editor: J. Lahn, S. Puszka, P. Lawton, Y. Dinku, N. Nichols and F. Markham
Paper no: 6
Year published: 2020
Abstract Meeting the healthcare needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people requires needs-based and strengths-based planning of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait health workforce. Substantial gains have been made over recent decades in growing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
Linking Indigenous Communities with Regional Development: Australia Overview
Author/editor: K. Jordan, F. Markham and J.C. Altman
Paper no: 5
Year published: 2020
Abstract This report was Commissioned by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2018 for their project ‘Linking Indigenous communities with regional development’. Intended for international comparison with other OECD nations, it is written more-or-less to a thematic...
Boarding Off and On Country: A Study of Education in one Northern Territory Remote Community
Author/editor: O'Bryan, M & Fogarty, W
Paper no: 4
Year published: 2020
In 2020, young people from remote communities in Australia’s Northern Territory are required to attend boarding school in order to access a full secondary education. Commissioned by elders in one Northern Territory remote community, this report investigates the intended and unintended consequences...
Where are the Safe Places? Safety Mapping with Town Campers in Alice Springs
Author/editor: Brown, C
Paper no: 03
Year published: 2019
Safety mapping is a method developed by the researcher with Town Campers in Alice Springs. This method asks participants in focus groups to use maps to identify the safe places in their communities. This method was designed in response to a method which attempted to map crime ‘hot spots’ in Alice...
Navigating to Senior Leadership in The Australian Public Service: Identifying Employment Barriers and Enablers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Author/editor: S Faulkner and J Lahn
Paper no: 02
Year published: 2019
Executive Summary This commissioned report examines enablers and barriers which act to support or impede career progression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees to senior levels in the Australian Public Service (APS). It draws on 50 in-depth interviews with current or former...
Barriers and Bureaucracy, Bridges and Brokers
Author/editor: H Crawford and RG Schwab
Paper no: 01
Year published: 2017
Executive summary and recommendations Barriers and bureaucracy, bridges and brokers : these four words sum up the findings of our study, which investigated the experiences of independent schools in obtaining ABSTUDY funding for Indigenous students from remote areas. Schools, along with Indigenous...
