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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...

Review of indigenous literacy and numeracy 2008-2011
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJune 28, 2012ON LINE Opinion

NAPLAN results from across Australia show that Queensland and Western Australia are the only states...

WA can do more in indigenous education
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJune 27, 2012The West Australian

WA is on its way to reducing indigenous literacy and numeracy failure rates, which will...

‘Indigenous-specific’ programs are a $300m waste
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJune 27, 2012The Australian

If Queensland and WA do meet their indigenous literacy and numeracy targets, it will take...

Hughes: Neither race nor distance
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJune 27, 2012The Advertiser

SOUTH Australia has relatively few indigenous students, but some of Australia's highest indigenous literacy and...

End the cargo-cult aid mentality that has ruined our neighbours
Helen HughesApril 16, 2012The Australian

The villagers of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, together with those of Fiji's...

Remote disadvantage even worse than reported
Helen HughesSeptember 27, 2011The Australian

Billions of taxpayer dollars are wasted on programs that mostly benefit bureaucrats IN February, the...

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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