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Helen Hughes

Helen Hughes AO 1928 – 2013

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Should Australia and New Zealand Open Their Doors to Guest Workers From the Pacific? Costs and Benefits
Helen HughesSeptember 4, 2006PM72

Should Australia and New Zealand depart from their long term immigration policies to provide work...

Annals of Aid: Vanuatu and The United States Millenium Challenge Corporation
Helen HughesApril 5, 2006IA69

Vanuatu, with a population of 200,000, is a medium sized Pacific state that became independent...

The Economics of Indigenous Deprivation and Proposals for Reform
Helen HughesSeptember 23, 2005IA63

The 450,000 Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders who make up Australia’s Indigenous population fall...

Papua New Guinea’s Choice: A Tale of Two Nations
Helen HughesMay 31, 2005IA58

Even these small beginnings invited a vigorous opposition. For police supplementing their pay by consorting...

A New Deal for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in Remote Communities
Helen Hughes, Jenness WarinMarch 1, 2005IA54

Since the 1970s Australia has been conducting a socialist experiment in remote communities with the...

The Pacific is Viable!
Helen HughesDecember 2, 2004IA53

All is quiet in the Pacific. The past year has seen no coups or new...

A tale of two houses
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesMay 24, 2013

Almost 10 years ago, the leader of an East Arnhem Aboriginal community arrived unannounced at...

Funding students based on Indigeneity demeaning and wasteful
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesMay 3, 2013

The Labor government’s education proposal adds grants for Indigenous students on top of the Gonski...

Productivity Commission misleads on Indigenous expenditure
Helen HughesSeptember 7, 2012

The Productivity Commission’s second Indigenous Expenditure Report, released earlier this week, shows that Commonwealth, state...

Home, sweet home
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonJuly 13, 2012

Something unusual is happening in Baniyala in East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Footings are being...

Poor education is letting Indigenous children down
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJuly 6, 2012The Drum

Recently released census Indigenous data for 2011 shows that more than 85 per cent of...

Indigenous education – a poor performer
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJune 29, 2012

Indigenous education in Australia has made little or no headway since NAPLAN testing began in...

Submission to Remote Participation and Employment Servicing Arrangements
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonOctober 11, 2011

The Discussion Paper’s focus on participation and employment in remote Indigenous communities is welcome because...

Submission to Indigenous Home Ownership Issues Paper 2010
Helen Hughes, Sara HudsonDecember 15, 2010

Part 1 of this submission shows that incorrect data and lack of analysis on Indigenous...

Submission to Native Title Leading Practice Agreements Discussion Paper 2010
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonNovember 30, 2010

The Native Title process is only one of the processes returning land to traditional owners....

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