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Helen Hughes

Helen Hughes AO 1928 – 2013

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Indigenous Education 2012
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJune 27, 2012PM129

In 2008, governments reduced their Indigenous literacy and numeracy target from ‘fix the problem in...

NSW Community Discussion Paper: Improving Educational Outcomes for Aboriginal People
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesMarch 23, 2012

By ending the raft of current discriminatory, costly and ineffective Indigenous education policies, the New...

Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
Helen Hughes, Sara HudsonNovember 18, 2011

Australia has a serious problem in low participation in higher education by students from low...

FaHCSIA Indigenous Economic Development Strategy 2010
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonDecember 17, 2010

Governments state that their objective is for Indigenous townships to develop and prosper like

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Private Housing on Indigenous Lands
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonNovember 17, 2010PM113

Almost 20% of Australia and almost 50% of the Northern Territory are Indigenous lands. Yet...

Indigenous Education 2010
Helen HughesApril 20, 2010PM110

The 2009 NAPLAN results for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students again show high rates...

Native titles in private housing
Helen HughesOctober 26, 2007The Canberra Times

The 2006 Census suggests that some 295,000 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders – perhaps 45,000...

Life after kava needs education, real jobs
Helen HughesOctober 14, 2007The Sunday Territorian

As part of the Northern Territory ‘emergency intervention’, the Australian Government announced a ban on...

Aboriginal artists in the remote ‘homelands’ downtrodden by too much aid
Helen HughesSeptember 19, 2007The Canberra Times

The answer is that most Aboriginal artists in the remote ''homelands'' have been denied even...

Extend a hand to an absent friend
Helen HughesSeptember 4, 2007The Australian

Although Sydney loves a party and gave world winners for the 2000 Olympics and the...

South Australia’s homelands have only a small proportion of Australia’s 500,000 Aborigines…
Helen HughesJune 2, 2007The Adelaide Advertiser

South Australian "homelands" have only a very small proportion of Australia's 500,000 Aborigines, but they...

Our state of disgrace
Helen HughesMay 31, 2007The Courier Mail

Queensland, with a quarter of Australia's Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, has some of their...

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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