Publications: general
References and links to general publications relating to Indigenous people (including workforce publications) are collected here. References to government services and health expenditure in relation to the general population are also included.
General
2008
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)
Australia's health 2008: the eleventh biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (AIHW Catalogue no. AUS 99)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (HTML)
View report (PDF - 3.3MB - large file warning!)
View section 3.2: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (PDF - 431KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Pincock S (2008)
Indigenous health in Australia still lagging.
The Lancet;372:Article 9632
View abstract: PubMed
View website: PubMed
2007
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2007)
Social justice report 2006.
Sydney: Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report
View website: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
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: Pub Med
View website: Social Science and Medicine (Elsevier - publishers)
Attorney-General's Department (2007)
Reconciliation action plan.
Canberra: Attorney-General's Department
View report (PDF - 464KB)
View website: Attorney-General's Department
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
National public health expenditure report 2004-05.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 605KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Combined Aboriginal organisations of the Northern Territory (2007)
A proposed emergency response and development plan to protect Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory: a preliminary response to the Australian Government's proposals.
Northern Territory: Combined Aboriginal organisations of the Northern Territory
View report (PDF - 120KB)
View website: ACCOS
Couzos S, Delaney Thiele D (2007)
The International Convenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the right to health: is Australia meeting its obligations to Aboriginal peoples?
Medical Journal of Australia;186(10):522-524
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF -114KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Forsyth S (2007)
Telling stories: nurses, politics and Aboriginal Australians, c.1900-1980s.
Contemporary Nurse;24(1):284-331
View abstract: Contemporary Nurse
View website: Contemporary Nurse
Health Reform Implementation Taskforce (2007)
Western Australian Aboriginal primary care resource kit.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
View report (PDF - 552KB)
View website: Department of Health, Western Australia
Koori Human Services Unit (2007)
Aboriginal Services Plan: key indicators 2005/06.
Koori Human Services Unit, Policy and Strategic Projects Division, Victorian Government
View report (PDF - 2.3MB - large file warning!)
View website: Victorian Government Health Information
National Rural Health Alliance (2007)
The Northern Territory can provide hope for the future [editorial].
Australian Journal of Rural Health;15(5):283-284
View abstract: Australian Journal of Rural Health
View website: Blackwell Synergy (publishers)
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (2007)
National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 2003-2013: Australian Government implementation plan 2007-2013.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
View report (HTML)
View report (PDF - 315KB)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing
Oxfam Australia (2007)
Close the gap: solutions to the Indigenous health crisis facing Australia.
Fitzroy, VIC: Oxfam Australia
View abstract: HealthBulletin
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View website: Oxfam Australia
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2007)
Report on government services 2007, Indigenous compendium.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View report (PDF -1.3MB - large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2007)
Report on government services 2007.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View report
View website: Productivity Commission
Waters A (2007)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health disparity: an action plan for the future?
inTouch: newsletter of the Public Health Association of Australia Inc.;24(3):1-2
View report (PDF - 369KB)
View website: Public Health Association of Australia
2006
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2006)
Social justice report 2005.
Sydney: Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 8.7MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Health expenditure Australia 2004-05.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 693KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
National public health expenditure report 2001-02 to 2003-04.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 666KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (2006)
Annual report 2005.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
View report (PDF - 1.2MB - large file warning!)
View website: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (2006)
Annual report 2004-05.
Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
View report (PDF - 2.6MB - large file warning!)
Contains information relating to Aboriginal people in Outcome 7: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; pp. 175-190.
View website: Department of Health and Ageing
Panzironi F (2006)
Indigenous peoples' right to self-determination and development policy.
Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
View thesis
View website: Sydney Scholarship Repository
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2006)
Report on Government services 2006: Indigenous compendium.
Melbourne: Productivity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report
(PDF - 1.3MB - large file warning!)
View website: Productivity Commission
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2006)
Report on Government services 2006.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View report
View website: Productivity Commission
Ware DP (2006)
Reading doctors' writing: race, politics and power in Indigenous health research 1870-1969 [book review].
Contemporary Nurse;22(2):341-342
View report
View website: Contemporary Nurse
2005
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2005)
Social justice report 2004.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report
View website: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website
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
Cunningham J, Cass A, Arnold PC (2005
Bridging the treatment gap for Indigenous Australians: demands for efficiency should not be met at the expense of equity.
Medical Journal of Australia;182(10):505-506
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View report (PDF - 98KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Department of Health and Ageing (2005)
Summary of health programs and initiatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
View report
View website: Department of Health and Ageing
Howitt R, McCracken K, Curson P (2005)
Australian Indigenous health - what issues contribute to a national crisis and scandal?
GeoDate;(March):8-15
View abstract: HealthBulletin
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2005)
Report on Government services 2005: Indigenous compendium.
Melbourne: Productivity Commission
View report (PDF - 795KB)
View website: Productivity Commission
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2005)
Report on Government services 2005.
Canberra: Productivity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report
View website: Productivity Commission
Taylor J, Stanley O (2005)
The opportunity costs of the status quo in the Thamarrurr region.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
View report (PDF - 2.3MB - large file warning!)
View website: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy research
2004
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2004)
Social justice report 2003.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report
View website: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (2004)
Social justice report 2003: executive summary.
Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
View report
View website: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Access Economics (2004)
Indigenous health workforce needs.
Canberra, ACT: Australian Medical Association
View report (PDF - 453KB)
View website: Australian Medical Association
Australasia Economics (2004)
Key social and economic indicators for Indigenous Australia: a comparative analysis: study prepared for the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
Canberra: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination, Australian Government
View report
View website: Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2004)
National public health expenditure report 2000-01.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (HTML)
View report (PDF - 665KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Commonwealth Budget 2004-05
For information of relevance to Indigenous health:
View Outcome 7: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (PDF - 78KB)
View current topic: HealthBulletin
For further information:
View Budget website
View Health and Ageing Portfolio Budget Statements
Couzos S (2004)
Practical measures that improve human rights: towards health equity for Aboriginal children.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;15(3):186-192
View report
View website: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
Henry BR, Houston S, Mooney GH (2004)
Institutional racism in Australian healthcare: a plea for decency.
Medical Journal of Australia;180(10):517-520
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View report (PDF - 133KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Houston S (2004)
The past, the present, the future of Aboriginal health policy.
Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Curtin University, Perth.
Martin DF, Morphy F, Sanders WG, Taylor J, eds. (2004)
Making sense of the Census: observations of the 2001 enumeration in remote Aboriginal Australia.
Canberra: Australian National University
View report (PDF - 448KB)
View website: Australian National University
Moore T, Waples-Crowe P (2004)
VACCHO strategic plan 2004-2009.
Melbourne:
View report (PDF - 424KB)
View website: Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organization
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2004)
Report on Government services 2004: Indigenous compendium.
Melbourne: Productivity Commission
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report
View website: Productivity Commission
2003
Bauert P, McMaugh E, Martin CM, Smylie JK (2003)
Indigenous health: chronically inadequate responses to damning statistics [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia;178(5):246
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View report (PDF - 544KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
Cunningham C, Reading J, Eades D (2003)
Health research and Indigenous health.
British Medical Journal;327(7412):445-447
View report
View website: British Medical Journal
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organization (2003)
Overview of the NACCHO Business Plan 2003-2006.
Deakin: National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organization
View report (PDF - 259KB)
View website: National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organization
Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2003)
Report on Government services 2003: Indigenous compendium.
Melbourne: Productivity Commission
View report
View website: Productivity Commission
2002
McDonnell S, Martin DF (2002)
Indigenous community stores in the 'frontier economy': some competition and consumer issues.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU
View report (PDF - 438KB)
View website: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision (2002)
Report on Government services 2002.
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia
View report
View website: Productivity Commission
2001
Martin DF (2001)
Is welfare dependency 'welfare poison'?: an assessment of Noel Pearson's proposals for Aboriginal welfare reform.
Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
View report (PDF - 223KB)
View website: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
nd
Secretariat of the National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) (nd)
Their future our responsibility: making a commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
[Melbourne]: Secretariat of the National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
View report (PDF - 586KB)
View website: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Workforce
2008
Humphreys JS, Wakerman J, Wells R, Kuipers P, Jones JA, et al. (2008)
“Beyond workforce”: a systemic solution for health service provision in small rural and remote communities.
Medical Journal of Australia ;188(8):S77-S80
View abstract: Medical Journal of Australia
View website: Medical Journal of Australia
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