Social issues



Policies and strategies


2007

Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership (2007)
From hand out to hand up: Cape York welfare reform project: design recommendations.
Cairns, QLD: Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
View report (PDF - 1.6MB - large file warning!)
View website: Cape York Institute

2005

Altman JC, Gray MC, Levitus R (2005)
Policy issues for the community development employment projects scheme in rural and remote Australia.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
View report (PDF - 3MB - large file warning!)

Department of Education Science and Training (2005)
National report to Parliament on Indigenous education and training, 2003.
Canberra: Department of Education, Science and Training
View report - part 1 (PDF - 2MB - large file warning!)
View report - part 2 (PDF - 2.7MB - large file warning!)

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (2005)
Building on success: CDEP discussion paper 2005.
Canberra: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
View report (PDF - 272KB)

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (2005)
Building on success: CDEP - future directions.
Canberra: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
View report (PDF - 258KB)

Moyle D (2005)
2005/2006 Federal Budget analysis: Indigenous education.
Melbourne: Australian Education Union
View report (PDF - 66KB)

Senate Employment Workplace Relations and Education References Committee (2005)
Indigenous education funding: final report.
Canberra: Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education References Committee
View report (PDF - 735KB)

2004

Department of Child Safety (2004)
Chapter 7: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Issues. In: A blueprint for implementing the recommendations of the January 2004 Crime and Misconduct Commission report 'protecting children: an inquiry into abuse of children in foster care'.
Brisbane: Department of Child Safety, Queensland Government:167-183
View Indigenous section (PDF - 91KB)

Department of Education, Science and Training (2004)
Working together for Indigenous youth (WTIY).
Canberra: Department of Education, Science and Training
View report (PDF - 342KB)
View reference package (PDF - 124KB)
View reference package (RTF - 34KB)

Ministerial Advisory Committee for Educational Renewal (2004)
Report on Indigenous education.
Brisbane: Queensland Government, Department of Education and the Arts
View report (PDF - 724KB)

2003

Australian Public Service Commission (2003)
Indigenous employment strategy.
Canberra: Australian Public Service Commission
View information

Office for the Commissioner for Public Employment (2003)
An Indigenous employment strategy for the South Australian public sector.
Adelaide: Government of South Australia
View report (PDF - 1MB - large file warning!)

2002

Department of Employment Workplace Relations and Small Business (2002)
Indigenous Australian recruitment and career development strategy.
Canberra: The Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
View report (PDF - 80KB)

Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (2002)
Indigenous employment in the WA public sector: valuing the difference.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
View report (PDF - 260KB)

Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment (2002)
Indigenous employment and career development strategy 2002-2006. Advancing Indigenous employment: improving business outcomes. A framework for the future.
Darwin: Northern Territory Government
View report (PDF - 80KB)

Prior to 2001

Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (1999)
Higher education Indigenous education strategies 1999-2001.
Canberra: Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
View report contents (HTML)
View report cover (PDF - 220KB)

Department of Education, Science and Training (2000)
National Indigenous English Literacy and Numeracy Strategy: 2000-2004.
Canberra: Department of Education, Science and Training
View report (PDF - 164KB)

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Guidelines

National Public Health Partnership (2002)
Guidelines for the development, implementation and evaluation of national public health strategies in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: approaches and recommendations.
Melbourne: National Public Health Partnership
View report (PDF - 380KB)

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Programs and projects

Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council (NSW) (2003)
Aboriginal Justice Plan: summary of the priorities and themes from the first community negotiations: 14 September - 15 September 2002.
Sydney: Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council (NSW)
View report (PDF - 56KB)

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2004)
Mission voices: hear our stories.
Canberra: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
View project website

Department of Aboriginal Affairs (2003)
Aboriginal Communities Strategic Investment Program (ACSIP).
Perth: Department of Aboriginal Affairs
View information

Department of Aboriginal Affairs (2003)
Remote Area Essential Services Program (RAESP).
Perth: Department of Aboriginal Affairs
View information

Department of Aboriginal Affairs (2003)
Remote community power procurement.
Perth: Department of Aboriginal Affairs
View information

Department of Aboriginal Affairs (2003)
Town reserves regularisation program.
Perth: Department of Aboriginal Affairs
View information

Department of Education, Science and Training (2004)
A Review of the Indigenous Education Direct Assistance (IEDA) Programme - October 2000
Canberra: Department of Education, Science and Training
View report

Department of Indigenous Affairs (2002)
Breaking the silence on sexual abuse. 'My body belongs to me'. An awareness-raising project for Aboriginal communities
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 1.5MB - large file warning!)

Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (nd)
Bringing them home [map].
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
View map

Workplace.gov.au (nd)
Indigenous employment [provides information about employment services and community projects designed specifically for Indigenous Australians].
Canberra: Australian Government
View information

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Health promotion resources

Jag Films Pty Ltd (no date)
Birth rites [video]
Margaret River, Western Australia: Jag Films Pty Ltd

Birth rites is a one hour documentary drawing a comparison between birth issues in outback Australia and regions of arctic Canada. The interface between the two worlds of Indigenous culture and western medicine becomes problematic when women in remote towns are sent away from home and family to give birth in centralised hospitals. The content reveals the effect birthing issues have on the women, and their families and communities.

Jag Films Pty Ltd abstract (adapted)

  • Contact details:
    • Jag Films Pty Ltd, PO Box 53, Margaret River WA 6285, ph: 08 9758 7404, fax: 08 9757 3180, email: jagadmin@westnet.com.au

2004

Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal: Indigenous health promotion resources guide (4th edition)
The fourth edition of the Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal - Indigenous health promotion resources guide, has been released for 2004. The guide provides information about individual health promotion resources developed specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The resources cover over 80 health topics and relate to specific conditions, population groups, and environmental and social issues. The guide also includes details of how to obtain the resources and, where relevant, price and online access information.

Included in the resource is an application form for submitting content regarding a new resource to the journal for publication in the next edition.

The guide (view guide - PDF - 3.9MB - large file warning!) can be accessed online on the Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal website (view website).

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

For further information about the resource or to order copies contact: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, PO Box 502, Matraville NSW 2036, ph: (02) 9311 2593, fax: (02) 9311 2814, freecall: 1800 888 575, email: journal@aihwj.com.au.

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (2004)
Bringing them home.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Released in December 2003, Bringing them home is an education module based on the findings and recommendations of the Bringing them home report, undertaken by the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families.

The education module, developed by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission, has been designed to help students explore:

  • the history, laws and practices of forcible separation
  • the effects of separation on individuals, families, and communities
  • the recommendations aimed at healing the pain caused by separation
  • responses to the Bringing them home report since it was published

This interactive CD-ROM contains resources, worksheets, teaching strategies, and curriculum links for use in Australian classrooms. It was created in consultation with experienced curriculum developers and is primarily for use at junior (years 6-8) and senior (years 9-11) education levels

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

The education modules contained on the CD-ROM can also be accessed online at http://www.humanrights.gov.au/bth. For further information about the resource or to order copies of the CD-ROM contact: Public Affairs, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001, ph: (02) 9284 9600, fax: (02) 9284 9751, email:education@humanrights.gov.au, web: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/, publications order form: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications

2003

Charles Darwin University, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health (2003)
Yalupuy Dhawu: the story of Yalu.
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health

The story of Yalu has been produced on CD-ROM by the Teaching and Learning Service at the Northern Territory University in conjunction with the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health, and Yalu' marngithinyaraw (the learning nest), a community organisation in Galiwin'ku. Yalu' marngithinyaraw was established to develop and deliver programs based on research into the links between health and education.

The CD-ROM evolved from an earlier project undertaken by the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health - 'Yolngu theories of transformation' - that explored Yalu' marngithinyaraw as a case study of Yolngu leadership. The project's principal investigator was Joanne Garngulkpuy, a former teacher and now an experienced community researcher.

The CD-ROM uses audio, video and photo material from extensive archives to cover the organisation's history, philosophy, strategy and activities. The 'philosophy' section features six elders from different clans of the Dhuwa and Yirritja moieties explaining their meanings for 'Yalu' marngithinyaraw'.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Information about the CD-ROM can be obtained from the Yalu website, or from the CD summary sheet (PDF - 12KB). For further information about the CD or for copies contact: Michael Christie, Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT 0909, ph: (08) 8946 7043, email:michael.christie@cdu.edu.au.

Crime Prevention Division (2003)
Aboriginal community patrols. A practical guide.
Sydney: NSW Attorney General's Department

This informative guide to Aboriginal community patrols contains seven sections each focusing on different aspects of organising and sustaining a community patrol. All aspects of patrol organisation procedures are outlined including starting a patrol, obtaining workers, child protection, insurance and occupational health, codes of conduct, and patrol promotion. The resource also provides a useful list of contacts, and support services, as well as grant information of much use for developing a community patrol.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

The complete set of patrol guidelines can be downloaded from the NSW Crime Prevention Division website. Hard copies are currently unavailable. For further information about the resource contact: Crime Prevention Division, NSW Attorney General's Department, Level 19 Goodsell Building, 8-12 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000, ph: (02) 9228 8307, fax: (02) 9228 8559, email:cpd_unit@agd.nsw.gov.au. Postal address: GPO Box 6, Sydney NSW 2001.

2002

Department of Indigenous Affairs (2002)
'My body belongs to me'. An awareness-raising video for Aboriginal communities.
Perth: Department of Indigenous Affairs.

The 'My body belongs to me' project, has been developed in close association with Indigenous community organisations and government service providers. The project is the first of its kind in Western Australia to break the silence on sexual abuse in Indigenous communities. The WA Department of Indigenous Affairs (DIA) won the overall 2002 Premier's Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management, for the project.

The video has been designed to encourage Indigenous people to talk about sexual abuse and bring their experiences out in the open. It strives to remove the associated secrecy of sexual abuse and publicly acknowledge this issue as one that has resulted in much grief in the Indigenous community.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

For further information about the video contact the Department of Indigenous Affairs: Postal address: PO Box 7770, Cloister's Square, Perth WA 6850, Street address: Level 1, 197 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000, ph: (08) 9235 8000, fax: (08) 9235 8088, email for general information: info@dia.wa.gov.au. A report (view abstract) describing the development of the video has also been produced. A copy of the report (PDF - 1.5MB) is available on the DIA website.

Kimberley Language Resource Centre (2002)
Kimberley Interpreting Service.
Kununurra: Kimberley Interpreting Service

Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre and Kimberley Language Resource Centre have launched the Kimberley Interpreting Service (KIS) for Aboriginal languages in the Kimberley Region. This service currently provides interpreters for the Aboriginal languages, Jaru, Kriol, Kija, Walmajarri and Kukatja. All interpreters have received accreditation from the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) and are trained to work in specialised environments such as health, law, social work, court trials, land claims, government, community affairs, business and legal settings and tourism and hospitality.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

For more information about the services provided contact: Kimberley Interpreting Service, PO Box 162, Kununurra WA 6743, ph: (08) 9168 3163, fax: (08) 9168 2639.

Noarlunga Health Services (2002)
Safe dreaming trail to school project.
Noarlunga Centre: Noarlunga Health Services

This CD, produced in 2002 by Noarlunga Health Services, is based on the collaborative work of students at Morphett Vale Primary School and their efforts to share and exchange artwork. Discussion and collaborative opinions are given for the process of developing the artwork which describes the safe dreaming trail to school.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

For more information about the CD or to obtain a copy contact: The Director, Noarlunga Health Services, PO Box 437, Noarlunga Centre SA 5168, ph: (08) 8384 9273, fax: (08) 8384 9248.

Noarlunga Health Services (2002)
Nunga seniors project 2001.
Noarlunga Centre: Noarlunga Health Services.

This CD, produced by Noarlunga Health Services in 2002, is designed to promote reconciliation. It demonstrates young and older people working together towards a better understanding of different cultures. The CD includes interviews and recorded music. It contains a self-loading powerpoint slide show presentation suitable for PCs. Visual cues are contained in the slide show to assist navigation.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

For more information about the CD or to obtain a copy contact the: Director, Noarlunga Health Services, PO Box 437, Noarlunga Centre SA 5168, ph: (08) 8384 9273, fax: (08) 8384 9248.

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Lessons learned

Department of Education, Science and Training, Department of Industrial Relations (2003)
Kaulder Jibbijah: our working partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Brisbane: Queensland Government
View report (PDF - 2.4MB - large file warning!)

Northern Territory Department of Education (1999)
Learning lessons. An independent review of Indigenous education in the Northern Territory. Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Education
View summary (HTML)
View report (PDF - 1.6MB - large file warning!)

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Case studies

Brady M (2004)
Regulating social problems: the pokies, the Productivity Commission and an Aboriginal community.
(Discussion paper no. 269/2004)
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 1.0MB - large file warning!)

Henry R, Smith DE (2002)
Three years on: Indigenous families and the welfare system, the Kuranda community case study.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
View report (PDF - 332KB)

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Evaluations

Department of Education, Science and Training (2004)
Review of the Indigenous education direct assistance program. Final report.
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia
View report (PDF - 648KB)

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (2002)
Indigenous employment policy evaluation. Stage one: progress report.
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia
View report (PDF - 489KB)

Powers and Associates (2003)
Breaks in the road: evaluation of the Indigenous Youth Partnership Initiative (IYPI): final report.
Powers and Associates (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
View report (PDF - 414KB)

Tsey K, Every A (2000)
Evaluation of an Aboriginal empowerment program.
Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
View abstract: HealthBulletin

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Published resources

Journal articles

2007

Aldrich R, Zwi AB, Short S (2007)
Advance Australia fair: social democratic and conservative politicians' discourses concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their health 1972-2001.
Social Science and Medicine;64(1):125-137
View abstract: Social Science and Medicine
View website: Elsevier (publisher)

Baum F (2007)
Cracking the nut of health equity: top down and bottom up pressure for action on the social determinants of health.
Promotion and Education ;14(2):90-95
View abstract: PubMed
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

Brown A, McDonald MI, Calma T (2007)
Rheumatic fever and social justice.
Medical Journal of Australia;186(11):557-558
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 114KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Calma T (2007)
Creating futures: influencing the social determinants of mental health and wellbeing in rural, Indigenous and Island peoples.
Australasian Psychiatry;15(Supplement):s5-s9
View article: Informaworld (HTML)
View article: Informaworld (PDF - 120KB)
View website: Informaworld

Halloran MJ (2007)
Indigenous reconciliation in Australia: do values, identity and collective guilt matter?
Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology;17(1):1-18
View abstract: Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
View website: Wiley InterScience



Haysom L, Williams R, Hodson E, Roy LP, Lyle D, et al. (2007)
Early chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian children: remoteness, socioeconomic disadvantage or race?
Kidney International; [in press].
View abstract: PubMed
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

Henderson G, Robson C, Cox L, Dukes C, Tsey K, et al. (2007)
Social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the broader context of the social determinants of health.
AusEinetter;2(29):14-19
View publication: AusEinetter (PDF - 4.2MB - large file warning!)
View website: Auseinet

Hunter E, Walter G (2007)
Creating futures: influencing the social determinants of mental health and wellbeing in rural, Indigenous and Island peoples [editorial].
Australasian Psychiatry;15(Supplement):s1-s4
View article: Informaworld (HTML)
View article: Informaworld (PDF - 102KB)
View website: Informaworld

Newman CE, Bonar M, Greville HS, Thompson SC, Bessarab D, et al. (2007)
Barriers and incentives to HIV treatment uptake among Aboriginal people in Western Australia.
AIDS;21(Suppl 1):S13-17
View abstract: Pub Med
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

Vick M (2007)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids and bikes: socio-cultural factors and safety.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;7(2): Original article 1.
View article: Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin (HTML)
View article: Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin (PDF - 95KB)
View website: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Watson NL (2007)
Implications of land rights reform for Indigenous health.
Medical Journal of Australia;186(10):534-536
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 100KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

2006

Babidge S (2006)
Bodily connections and practising relatedness: Aboriginal family and funerals in rural North Queensland.
Anthropological Forum;16(1):55-71
View abstract: HealthBulletin

Bailie RS, Wayte KJ (2006)
Housing and health in Indigenous communities: key issues for housing and health improvement in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Australian Journal of Rural Health ;14(5):178-183
View abstract: Australian Journal of Rural Health
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Publisher)

Bretherton D, Mellor D (2006)
Reconciliation between Aboriginal and other Australians: the "stolen generations".
Journal of Social Issues;62(1):81-98
View abstract: Journal of Social Issues
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Publisher)

Brough M, Bond C, Hunt J, Jenkins D, Shannon C, et al. (2006)
Social capital meets identity: Aboriginality in an urban setting.
Journal of Sociology;42(4):396-411
View abstract: Journal of Sociology
View website: Sage Journals (Publisher)

Butler-McIlwraith K (2006)
(Re)presenting Indigeneity: the possibilities of Australian sociology.
Journal of Sociology;42(4):369-381
View abstract: Journal of Sociology
View website: Sage Journals (Publisher)

Chikritzhs T, Brady M (2006)
Fact or fiction?: a critique of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey 2002.
Drug and Alcohol Review;25(3):277-287
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (Publisher)

Cowlishaw GK (2006)
Cultures of complaint: an ethnography of rural racial rivalry.
Journal of Sociology;42(4):429-445
View abstract: Journal of Sociology
View website: Sage Journals (Publisher)



Daniel M, Brown A, Dhurrkay JG, Cargo MD, O'Dea K (2006)
Mastery, perceived stress and health-related behaviour in northeast Arnhem Land: a cross-sectional study [in-press].
International Journal for Equity in Health;5(10)
View abstract: International Journal for Equity in Health
View website: International Journal for Equity in Health



Franks C (2006)
Gallinyalla: a town of substance?: a descriptive study of alcohol, tobacco, medicines and other drug use in a rural setting.
Rural and Remote Health;6(1):Article 491.
Available from http://rrh.deakin.edu.au
View article: Rural and Remote Health (HTML)
View article: Rural and Remote Health (PDF - 447KB)

Gracey M, Bridge E, Martin D, Jones TW, Spargo RM, et al. (2006)
An Aboriginal-driven program to prevent, control and manage nutrition-related "lifestyle" diseases including diabetes.
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition;15(2):178-188
View abstract: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
View website: HEC Press (Publisher)

Gray N, Bailie R (2006)
Can human rights discourse improve the health of Indigenous Australians?
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;30(5):448-452
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
View website: Public Health Association of Australia

Hunter E (2006)
Social engineers and bystanders: the limits of 'responsibility' in Indigenous affairs.
Australasian Psychiatry;14(1):24-32
View abstract: Australasian Psychiatry
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Publisher)

Hunter E, Milroy H (2006)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide in context.
Archives of Suicide Research;10(2):141-157
View abstract: Archives of Suicide Research
View website: Taylor and Francis (Publisher)

Kelly AB (2006)
Alcohol problems and psychological health in a remote Indigenous Australian community: a preliminary quantitative study.
Australian Journal of Rural Health;14(2):86-87
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

Krieg AS (2006)
Aboriginal incarceration: health and social impacts.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):534-536
View article: Medical Journal of Australian (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Kowal E (2006)
Mutual obligation and Indigenous health: thinking through incentives and obligations.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(6):292-293
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF -117KB)
View website : Medical Journal of Australia

Leonard H, Petterson B, De Klerk N, et al. (2005)
Association of sociodemographic characteristics of children with intellectual disability in Western Australia.
Social Science and Medicine;60(7):1499-1513
View abstract: HealthBulletin

McDermott DR (2006)
Growing up brown in a white-shirted time.
Medical Journal of Australia ;185(8):464-466
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 217KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

McGrath P, Patton MA, Holewa H, Rayner R (2006)
The importance of the 'family meeting' in health care communication with Indigenous people: findings from an Australian study.
Australian Journal of Primary Health;12(1):56-64
View abstract: Australian Journal of Primary Health (PDF - 64KB)
View website: Australian Journal of Primary Health

McMullen J (2006)
When literacy can mean life.
Griffith Review;11
View article: Griffith Review (PDF - 141KB)

Morrissey M (2006)
Community, social capital and Indigenous health in the Northern Territory.
Ethnicity and Health;11(3):229-246
View abstract: Ethnicity and Health
View website: PubMed (Publisher)



Morrissey M (2006)
The Australian state and Indigenous people 1990-2006.
Journal of Sociology;42(4):347-354
View abstract: Journal of Sociology
View website: Sage Journals (Publisher)

Moreton-Robinson A (2006)
Towards a new research agenda?: Foucault, Whiteness and Indigenous sovereignty.
Journal of Sociology;42(4):383-395
View abstract: Journal of Sociology
View website: Sage Journals (Publisher)

Ogwang T, Cox L, Saldanha J (2006)
Paint on their lips: paint-sniffers, good citizens and public space in Brisbane.
Journal of Sociology;42(4):412-428
View abstract: Journal of Sociology
View website: Sage Journals (Publisher)

Paradies YC (2006)
Beyond black and white: essentialism, hybridity and Indigeneity.
Journal of Sociology;42(4):355-367
View abstract: Journal of Sociology
View website: Sage Journals (Publisher)

Pedersen A, Dudgeon P, Watt S, Griffiths B (2006)
Attitudes toward Indigenous Australians: the issue of "special treatment".
Australian Psychologist;41(2):85-94
View abstract: Taylor and Francis
View website: Taylor and Francis (Publisher)

Senior K, Chenhall R, McRae-Williams E, Daniels D, Rogers K (2006)
Dogs and people in Aboriginal communities: exploring the relationship within the context of the social determinants of health.
Environmental Health;6(4)
View abstract: Environmental Health
View website: Environmental Health Online

Smith A (2006)
Indigenous development: without community, without commerce.
Australian Review of Public Affairs: Digest;2006(4 September 2006)
View article
View website: Australian Review of Public Affairs

Walter M, Pyett P, Tyler B, Vanderwyk A (2006)
Beyond the margins/beyond marginality [editorial].
Journal of Sociology;42(4):341-345
View Journal of Sociology
View website: Sage Journals (Publisher)

Wenitong M (2006)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander male health, wellbeing and leadership.
Medical Journal of Australia;185(8):466-467
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 297KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Willis E, Pearce M, McCarthy C, Jenkin T, Ryan F (2006)
Utility stress as a social determinant of health: exploring the links in a remote Aboriginal community.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;17(3):255-259
View abstract: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
View website: Australian Health Promotion Association

Van der Sterren A, Anderson IP, Thorpe LG (2006)
'Individual' harms, community 'harms': reconciling Indigenous values with drug harm minimisation policy.
Drug and Alcohol Review;25(3):219-225
View Abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (Publisher)



Zeldenryk L, Yalmambirra (2006)
Occupational deprivation: a consequence of Australia's policy of assimilation.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal;53(1):43-46
View article (PDF - 69 KB)
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Publisher)

Zhao Y, Dempsey K (2006)
Causes of inequality in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, 1981-2000: a decomposition analysis.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):490-494
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 351KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

2005

Armstrong RM, Van Der Weyden MB (2005)
Indigenous health: partners in healing [editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia;182(10):498-499
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 127KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia



Burgess CP, Johnston FH, Bowman DMJS, Whitehead PJ (2005)
Healthy country: healthy people?: exploring the health benefits of Indigenous natural resource management.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;29(2):11
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Cleary V (2005)
Education and learning in an Aboriginal community.
Issue Analysis;65(6 December 2005)
Available from http://www.cis.org.au/

Collard KS, D'Antoine HA, Eggington DG, Henry BR, Martin CA, et al. (2005)
'Mutual' obligation in Indigenous health: can shared responsibility agreements be truly mutual?
Medical Journal of Australia;182(10):502-504
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 123KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Daly A, Smith D (2005)
Indicators of risk to the wellbeing of Australian Indigenous children.
Australian Review of Public Affairs;6(1):39-57
View article: Australian Review of Public Affairs (PDF - 312KB)
View website: Australian Review of Public Affairs

Hermeston WA (2005)
Telling you our story: how apology and action relate to health and social problems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities [Dr Ross Ingram memorial essay competition].
Medical Journal of Australia;183(9):479-481
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 112KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Tsey K, Whiteside M, Daly S, Deemal A, Gibson T, et al. (2005)
Adapting the 'family wellbeing' empowerment program to the needs of remote Indigenous school children.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;29(2):112-116
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (HTML)

2004

Cass A, Cunningham J, Snelling P, Wang Z, Hoy W (2004)
Exploring the pathways leading from disadvantage to end-stage renal disease for Indigenous Australians.
Social Science and Medicine;58(4):767-785
View abstract: HealthBulletin

Glover JD, Hetzel DMS, Tennant SK (2004)
The socioeconomic gradient and chronic illness and associated risk factors in Australia.
Australia and New Zealand Health Policy;1(8)
View article: Australian and New Zealand Health Policy (PDF - 253KB)
View website: Australian and New Zealand Health Policy

Halloran MJ, Kashima ES (2004)
Social identity and worldview validation: the effects of ingroup identity primes and mortality salience on value endorsement.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin;30(7):915-925
View abstract: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Henry BR, Houston S, Mooney GH (2004)
Institutional racism in Australian healthcare: a plea for decency.
Medical Journal of Australia;180(10):517-520
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 134KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Hunter BH, Kennedy S, Biddle N (2004)
Indigenous and other Australian poverty: revisiting the importance of equivalence scales.
The Economic Record; 80(251):411-422
View abstract: Blackwell Synergy
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Publisher)

Jackson Pulver LR, Fitzpatrick SA (2004)
Sitting 'round the table of rights-based reconciliation: a health perspective.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;15(3):193-199
View abstract: Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Taylor J, Cheers B, Weetra C, Gentle I (2004)
Supporting community solutions to family violence.
Australian Social Work;57(1):71-83
View abstract: HealthBulletin

2003

Bennett B, Zubrzycki J (2003)
Hearing the stories of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social workers: challenging and educating the system.
Australian Social Work;56(1):61-70
View abstract: Australian Social Work

Cunningham C, Stanley F (2003)
Indigenous by definition, experience, or world view.
British Medical Journal;327(7412):403-404
View article: British Medical Journal (HTML)
View article: British Medical Journal (PDF - 84KB)

Kowalyszyn M, Kelly A (2003)
Family functioning, alcohol expectancies and alcohol-related problems in a remote Aboriginal Australian community: a preliminary psychometric validation study.
Drug and Alcohol Review;22(1):53-59
View HealthInfoNet abstract

Malin M, Maidment D (2003)
Education, Indigenous survival and well-being: emerging ideas and programs.
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education;32:85-100
View article: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education (PDF - 1.1MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Journal of Indigenous education

Mellor D (2003)
Contemporary racism in Australia: the experiences of Aborigines.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin;29(4):474-486
View abstract: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
View website: Sage Journals (publisher)

Meiklejohn B, Wollin JA, Cadet-James YL (2003)
Successful completion of the Bachelor of Nursing by Indigenous people.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;3(2): Brief report 1.
View brief report: HealthBulletin

Peachey LG (2003)
Indigenous health: it's time for a change.
Medical Journal of Australia;178(10):503-504
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 96KB)

2002

Cass A, Cunningham J, Hoy W (2002)
The relationship between the incidence of end-stage renal disease and markers of socioeconomic disadvantage.
NSW Public Health Bulletin;13(7):147-151
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View article: NSW Public Health Bulletin (PDF)

Hoban R and the Rumbalara community (2002)
Mental health promotion and work: Rumbalara community's roundtable discussion 2002.
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health;1(3):1-10
View abstract: HealthBulletin

Shannon C (2002)
Acculturation: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition.
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition;11(Suppl):S576-S578
View abstract: HealthBulletin

Wildman P (2002)
The litany of death: a deep futures critique of the Australian Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody.
Futures; 34:571-581.
View abstract: Futures (HTML)
View article: Futures (PDF - 60KB)

2000

Loff B, Cordner S (2000).
UN condemns Australia over Aborigines.
Lancet, 356(9234): 1011.
View abstract: HealthBulletin

Morrison P (2000).
A pilot implementation of Internet access for remote Aboriginal communities in the 'top end' of Australia.
Urban Studies, 37(10), 1781-1792.
View abstract: HealthBulletin

Prior to 2000

Jackson LR, Ward JE (1999)
Aboriginal health: why is reconciliation necessary?
Medical Journal of Australia;170(9):437-440
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)

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Reports and publications

2008

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2008)
Social justice report 2007.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
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View website: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)
Rural, regional and remote health: indicators of health status and determinants of health. (AIHW Catalogue no. PHE 97)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (HTML)
View report (PDF - 546KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2008)
Report on Government services 2008: Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
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View report (PDF - 2.9MB - large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission

2007

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2007)
Social justice report 2006.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 9MB - large file warning!)
View website: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Anderson I, Baum F, Bentley M, eds. (2007)
Beyond bandaids: papers from the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health Workshop, Adelaide, July 2004.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
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View website: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health

Australian Bureau of Statistics (2007)
Law and justice statistics - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a snapshot, 2006: summary. (4722.0.55.003)
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report
View website: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
Australia's welfare 2007. (AIHW catalogue no. AUS 93)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Medical Association (2007)
Institutionalised inequity, not just a matter of money.
Canberra: Australian Medical Association
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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View good news report (PDF - 2.52KB)
View website: Australian Medical Association

Black A (2007)
Evidence of effective interventions to improve the social and environmental factors impacting on health: informing the development of Indigenous Community Agreements. Barton, ACT: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
View report (PDF - 1.14MB - large file warning!)
View website: Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership (2007)
From hand out to hand up: Cape York welfare reform project: design recommendations.
Cairns, QLD: Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
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View website: Cape York Institute

Carson B, Dunbar T, Chenhall RD, Bailie R, eds. (2007)
Social determinants of Indigenous health.
Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin
(xxix + 306pp, RRP $49.95) ISBN 978 1 74175 142 0
View abstract: HealthBulletin

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) (2007)
Northern Territory Emergency Response - Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bills (No. 1 and 2) 2007 - 08.
View Bill
View website: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)

Healey J (2007)
Indigenous Australians and the law.
Thirroul, NSW: Spinney Press
View abstract

Hughes H (2007)
Lands of shame.
St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Centre for Independent Studies
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View website: Centre for Independent Studies

Northern Territory Government (2007)
Closing the gap of Indigenous disadvantage: a generational plan of action.
Darwin: Northern Territory Government
View report (PDF – 367KB)
View website: Closing the Gap of Indigenous Disadvantage, Northern Territory Government

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2007)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2007: report.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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View report (HTML)
View overview (PDF - 2.7MB - large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission

2006

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2006)
Ending family violence and abuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: key issues: an overview paper of research and findings by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2001-2006.
Canberra: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
View report (PDF - 0.98MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2006)
Native title report 2005.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (8.94MB - large file warning!)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2006)
Social justice report 2005.
Sydney: Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (8.76MB - large file warning!)

Al-Yaman F, Van Doeland M, Wallis M (2006)
Family violence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 560 KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)



Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006)
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Australia, 2004-05.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report: Australian Bureau of Statistics (PDF - 1.7MB - large file warning!)
View state and territory details

Biddle N, Hunter BH (2006)
Factors associated with internal migration: a comparison between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
View report: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (PDF - 3.76MB - large file warning!)
View website: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (2006)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in vocational education and training.
Sydney: Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report: Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (PDF - 668KB)

Delahunty B, Putt J (2006)
The policing implications of cannabis, amphetamine and other illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 703KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
View website: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Department of Employment Education and Training (2006)
Indigenous languages and culture in Northern Territory schools: report 2004-2005.
Darwin: Department of Employment Education and Training, Northern Territory Government
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Department of Education Employment and Training

Hall J, Berry M (2006)
Indigenous housing: assessing the long term costs and the optimal balance between recurrent and capital expenditure.
Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
View report: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (PDF -1MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

Hunt J, Smith DE (2006)
Building Indigenous community governance in Australia: preliminary research findings.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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View: Ten key messages
View website: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

Hunter BH, ed. (2006)
Assessing the evidence on Indigenous socioeconomic outcomes: a focus on the 2002 NATSISS.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 5.36MB - large file warning!)
View website: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research

Hunter E (2006)
Back to Redfern: autonomy and the ‘Middle E' in relation to Aboriginal health. (Research discussion paper, no. 18)
Canberra: Research Program, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 814KB)
View website: AIATSIS

Johns G (2006)
Aboriginal education: remote schools and the real economy.
Barton, ACT: Menzies Research Centre
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View website: Menzies School of Health Research

Joudo J (2006)
Deaths in custody in Australia 1990-2004.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
View report: (PDF - 275KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Criminology

Manne R (comp.) (2006)
The stolen generations: a documentary collection.
Brisbane: ANTaR Qld Association Inc.
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 676KB)
View website: ANTAR - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation

McDougall S (2006)
Palm Island: future directions: resource officer report.
Brisbane: Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy (DATSIP)
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report: Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy (PDF - 1.12MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy



McGlusky N, Thaker L (2006)
Literacy support for Indigenous people: current systems and practices in Queensland.
Adelaide: National Centre for Vocational Education Research
View report: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (PDF - 442KB)
View website: National Centre for Vocational Education Research



Memmott P, Long S, Thomson L (2006)
Indigenous mobility in rural and remote Australia.
Brisbane: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

Rivalland P (2006)
'It's more than machines and medicine: they should understand there's a Yanangu way': Yanangu providing their own kidney dialysis services as Indigenous people from the Western Desert, Central Australia: summary report.
Casuarina, NT: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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View website: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health

Silburn SR, Zubrick SR, De Majo JA, Shepherd C, Griffin JA, et al. (2006)
Strengthening the capacity of Aboriginal children, families and communities.
Perth: Curtin University of Technology and Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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View summary booklet (PDF - 2.3MB - large file warning!)
View website: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

Slee P (2006)
Families at risk: the effects of chronic and multiple disadvantage.
Adelaide: Shannon Research Press
View report (PDF - 2.54MB - large file warning!)
View website: Flinders University School of Education



Taylor J (2006)
Indigenous peoples and indicators of well-being: an Australian perspective on UNPFII global frameworks.
Retrieved [Access Date] from http://www.anu.edu.au/caepr/Publications/WP/CAEPRWP33.pdf
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 3.2MB - large file warning!)
View website: Centre for Aboriginal Policy Research

Van Beurden E, Newell S, Hughes D, Franks A, Binge C, et al. (2006)
Reconnecting families program: training phase evaluation report.
Lismore, NSW: North Coast Area Health Service
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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