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Implementing disability policy reform: challenges and opportunities
Author/editor: Dillon M.C.
Paper no: 147/24
Category: Working paper
Year published: 2024
This paper assesses the risks and opportunities for Indigenous interests embedded in the recommendations of the recent independent review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). To provide essential context, the paper begins with an overview of the mainstream policy issues emerging...
Exploring the Spatial Distribution of Aboriginal Food Security and Insecurity in New South Wales Using Survey and Census Data
Author/editor: Dinku, Y, Walsh, C, Markham, F and Puri, C.
Paper no: 146/2023
Category: Working paper
Year published: 2023
This study presents estimates of the prevalence of food insecurity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in small geographical areas in the state of New South Wales (NSW). Using the 2018-19 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) and 2021 Census of...
Culture and Indigenous wellbeing: Literature review for the Kimberley Strong Culture, Strong Place, Strong Families Research and Evaluation Project
Author/editor: Birchmeier, K, Buchanan, G, Dinku, Y, Haviland, M, Kinnane, S, Yap, M
Paper no: 145
Category: Working paper
Year published: 2023
This report is the first published output from the Strong Culture, Strong Place, Strong Families Research and Evaluation Project. This project is a co-design partnership between the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC), the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at...
Area-level socioeconomic outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in the 2016 and 2021 Censuses
Author/editor: Biddle, N, Markham, F
Paper no: 144
Category: Working paper
Year published: 2023
Since the 2001 Census, the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) has developed the Indigenous Relative Socioeconomic Outcomes (IRSEO) index to assist Indigenous communities and organisations in advocating for resource allocation based on relative needs, and assist governments in...
Renewable Energy Development and the "Native Title Act 1993" (CWLTH): The Fairness of Validating Future Acts Associated with Renewable Energy Projects
Author/editor: Maynard, G
Paper no: 143
Category: Working paper
Year published: 2022
Increasing demand, innovations in technology, and extensions to electricity grid infrastructure are likely to lead to a growth in renewable energy development on native title land and water. The likelihood that native title holders and claimants will benefit from this development will depend in...
Relationships between the use of Indigenous languages and wellbeing indicators in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, 2014–15
Author/editor: Dinku, Y, Markham, F, Dreise, T and Hunt, J
Paper no: 142
Category: Working paper
Year published: 2022
Indigenous languages form a vital part of Indigenous culture, identity, worldviews and ways of living. Aboriginal Australians have repeatedly asserted that individuals, families and communities can achieve better life outcomes if they maintain or develop knowledge and use of Aboriginal languages...
First Nations Regional and National Representation: Aligning Local Decision Making in NSW with Closing the Gap and the proposed Indigenous Voice
Author/editor: Dreise, T, Markham, F, Lovell, M & Wighton, A
Paper no: 141
Category: Working paper
Year published: 2021
Recent shifts in national policies have resulted in questions about how established regional forms of representation, such as those involved in NSW’s Local Decision Making initiative, will be aligned with new policy priorities and processes. This paper seeks to clarify the terrain of competing and...
