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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...

NAPLAN tests show the Indigenous gap
Helen HughesMay 11, 2010The Newcastle Herald

National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2010 tests start today. The test results and...

Moving targets are failing Indigenous students
Helen HughesApril 30, 2010

'The realistic timeframe that should be considered to achieve outcomes for Indigenous people equal to...

Education fails indigenous kids
Helen HughesApril 29, 2010The Australian

Australia has to improve its education constantly, performing better from year to year in international...

Indigenous students from welfare-dependent families perform poorly
Helen HughesApril 10, 2010Adelaide Now

Although only some 30,000 out of the 540,000 Australians who identify as Aboriginal or Torres...

Hard facts hit home on Indigenous jobs
Helen HughesMarch 9, 2010The Newcastle Herald

Although remote indigenous communities in the far north have the worst living standards in Australia,...

Indigenous Australians denied employment by inept policies
Helen HughesMarch 5, 2010

Emeritus Professor Helen Hughes is a Senior Research Fellow at The Centre for Independent studies....

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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