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Helen Hughes

Helen Hughes AO 1928 – 2013

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Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value: Moving Toward, Or Away From, Wage Justice for Women?
Helen HughesJune 26, 1998IA2

Equal pay for equal work initiatives in the 1970s gave Australia a lead in closing...

Working Youth: Tackling Australian Youth Unemployment
Helen HughesMay 1, 1996PM34

Youth unemployment is a major social and economic problem. The official statistics put youth unemployment...

Australia’s Asian Challenge
Helen Hughes, Wolfgang Kasper, John MacleodFebruary 24, 1994PF12

Australia’s Asian challenge is to take advantage of the many opportunities for economic, cultural, social...

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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