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Helen Hughes

Helen Hughes AO 1928 – 2013

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From Riches to Rags What Are Nauru’s Options and How Can Australia Help?
Helen HughesAugust 18, 2004IA50

Thirty years after enjoying the world’s second highest per capita GDP after Saudi Arabia, Nauru...

Can Papua New Guinea Come Back From the Brink?
Helen HughesJuly 14, 2004IA49

After seven months of wrangling, arrangements have finally been agreed to cover the deployment of...

Aid Has Failed the Pacific
Helen HughesMay 7, 2003IA33

Per capita income has grown at less than 1% a year in the Pacific during...

Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers : A Global View
Helen HughesJune 26, 2002PM54

A worldwide excess of demand for immigration means that Western countries cannot accommodate more than...

State of the Nation 2001: A Century of Change
Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Lucy Sullivan, Helen HughesApril 5, 2001SP04

The first edition of State of the Nation in 1997 showed in graphs and statistics,...

State of the Nation: Indicators of a Changing Australia 1999
Lucy Sullivan, Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Barry Maley, Helen HughesAugust 2, 1999SP02

The expanded and revised edition of State of the Nation: Indicators of a Changing Australia...

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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