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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...

Pacific guests invited over our unemployed
Helen HughesAugust 21, 2008The Newcastle Herald

The announcement that Australia is inaugurating a ‘guest worker’ scheme for Pacific islanders to pick...

Fruit picking jobs for local aborigines or guest workers from the Pacific?
Helen HughesAugust 18, 2008The Courier Mail

Growers' struggles to get fruit and vegetables picked and processed have led the Australian Farmers’...

Governments are failing East Arnhem Land
Helen HughesJuly 26, 2008The Weekend Australian

Kevin Rudd’s ‘Community Cabinet Meeting’ in Yirrkala unfortunately did not tackle the failures of public...

The three ‘R’s of Northern Territory Indigenous education: responsibility, reform and ‘rithmetic
Helen HughesMay 6, 2008The Australian

Ms Scrymgour, the Northern Territory Minister for Education, is to be congratulated for taking responsibility...

Policy reform to close the gap between black and white
Helen HughesApril 15, 2008The Australian Financial Review

After some 200 years of discrimination, the basic principles that must inform policies that affect...

Failures in education policy are creating a lost generation
Helen HughesApril 7, 2008ABC News Online

The Northern Territory has known for more than a decade that Indigenous students are completing...

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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