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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...

Lands where no one can feel at home
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonJune 25, 2011The Australian

Over the past 50 years, 20 per cent of Australia has been returned to Aborigines...

Indigenous private property rights ignored again
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesMay 27, 2011

In May 2010, the Commonwealth government released an Indigenous Economic Development Strategy discussion paper. Ninety-two...

The Fiji meeting would be a farce if it were funny
Helen HughesMarch 30, 2011The Canberra Times

The Prime Minister (unelected) of Fiji, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has succeeded in attracting the leaders...

Fat cats feed on needy
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesMarch 23, 2011The Australian

The 2010 Indigenous Expenditure Report confirms indigenous disadvantage is not a result of insufficient government...

Money well spent?
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesMarch 11, 2011

The newly released 2010 Indigenous Expenditure Report confirms that Indigenous disadvantage is not the result...

Protecting bad teachers produces chronic failure
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesMarch 9, 2011The Australian

Take two schools in very remote Australia, 20km apart: in 2009, the indigenous school received...

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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