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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...

Only harsh medicine can save Nauru
Helen HughesAugust 31, 2004The Courier Mail

Nauru is an isolated 21 sq km Pacific island, more than 3,500 kms from Brisbane....

Sick phosphate island in need of a remedy
Helen HughesAugust 20, 2004The Courier Mail

Nauru is a 21 sq kms island near the equator, more than 3,000 kms from...

Only internal reform can rescue a stagnant PNG
Helen HughesJuly 15, 2004The Canberra Times

PAPUA New Guinea's GDP growth, with good weather and high mineral export prices, is still...

An end to benign neglect
Helen HughesJuly 15, 2004The Australian

INCREASING aid to Papua New Guinea to more than $425 million for 2004-05 will enable...

Pacific states stagnate
Helen HughesJuly 1, 2004

Nearly all the Southwest Pacific islands have recorded another year of per capita income decline...

Game of Pacific cop and dodgers
Helen HughesJuly 1, 2003The Australian

The Howard Government's decision to help the Solomons by restoring civil order to the South...

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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