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Support for a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice to Parliament: Evidence from opinion research since 2017
Author/editor: F. Markham and W. Sanders
Paper no: 138
Year published: 2020
The Uluru Statement from the Heart, produced by the National Constitutional Convention in May 2017, contained a major proposal for reform: the alteration of the constitution to establish a First Nations Voice to Parliament. When the Turnbull Government formally responded to this proposition in...
Language use is connected to indicators of wellbeing: Evidence from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey 2014– 15
Author/editor: Y. Dinku, F. Markham, D. Venn, D. Angelo, J. Simpson, C. O’Shannessy, J. Hunt and T. Dreise
Paper no: 137
Year published: 2020
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have repeatedly asserted that individuals, families and communities can achieve better life outcomes if they maintain or develop knowledge and use of Indigenous languages. However, the evidence that rigorously quantifies the relationship between the...
Measuring the social impact of income management in the Northern Territory: An updated analysis
Author/editor: J.R. Bray
Paper no: 136
Year published: 2020
Income management policies have been in place in the Northern Territory since 2007. These policies limit how recipients of government income support payments can spend a proportion of these funds. The policies were initially directed at Indigenous Australians who remain the major group on the...
Trends in social security receipt among Indigenous Australians: Evidence from household surveys 1994–2015
Author/editor: D Venn, N.Biddle & W Sanders
Paper no: 135
Year published: 2020
This paper uses data from National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Surveys to examine trends in social security receipt among the Indigenous population between 1994 and 2014/15 as well as documenting the declining receipt of Community Development Employment Project (CDEP) wages. In non...
Aboriginal Peoples and the response to the 2019-2020 bushfires
Author/editor: Williamson, B, Markham, F & Weir, JK
Paper no: 134
Year published: 2020
Aboriginal people were among those most affected by the 2019–2020 bushfires in south-eastern Australia. Yet aside from renewed public interest in cultural burning practices, Aboriginal people have received little attention in the post-bushfire response. In this paper, we describe population...
An Overview of Legal Instruments and other Measures to Aid in the Protection and Valuation of Indigenous Knowledge
Author/editor: J Stratton, B Blackwell, K Bodle & B Hunter
Paper no: 133
Year published: 2019
This paper outlines the legal instruments and other measures used to support the protection of Indigenous Knowledge (IK), with a view to attributing market value to IK. These instruments are categorised as either enforceable instruments or voluntary protocols, standards and guides. Enforceable...
Electoral Administration and Aboriginal Voting Power in the Northern Territory: Reality and Potential Viewed from the 2019 Federal Election
Author/editor: W Sanders
Paper no: 132
Year published: 2019
Due to population proportion, Aboriginal people have the potential to exercise electoral power in Australia’s Northern Territory. Looking back from 2019, this paper explores the contribution of Aboriginal votes to Federal elections in the Northern Territory. It argues that Aboriginal votes have...
