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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...

Helen Hughes writes on Lands of Shame
Helen HughesMay 26, 2007The Australian Financial Review

The pernicious permit system that censors reporting about remote ‘homelands’ has been sufficiently broken into...

An edited extract from Lands of Shame
Helen HughesMay 26, 2007The Weekend Enquirer

After the passage of the 1967 referendum, and with the beginning of the transfer of...

An extract from Lands of Shame
Helen HughesMay 22, 2007The Canberra Times

About a third of Australia's 500,000 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders work in mainstream jobs,...

Palmed off and abused
Helen HughesJanuary 8, 2007The Courier Mail

The Mulrunji case did not start in the Palm Island police station. It is a...

Aboriginal separatist policies must be dropped
Helen HughesNovember 20, 2006The Canberra Times

The Academy of Social Science is holding its annual symposium on social issues on the...

Aid no place for preaching pop stars
Helen HughesNovember 20, 2006The Australian

Young people are understandably concerned that 50 years into the most rapid improvements in living...

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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