• Indigenous

The CIS has publicly advocated for improving Indigenous Australians’ outcomes since 2004. Our work has spanned health, education, employment, housing, private property rights, criminal justice, and family violence and child protection reform and has had a direct impact on government thinking on Indigenous issues.

Our latest program is the Indigenous Forum whose key policy initiative is to focus on developing an entrepreneurial mindset and supporting the capability of indigenous businesses to drive economic participation in their communities.

 

Aboriginal men need jobs, not more programs
Sara HudsonNovember 13, 2009

A new Australian Medical Association (AMA) report says a lack of purpose in Aboriginal men’s...

A sense of despair at Indigenous housing policy
Sara HudsonNovember 12, 2009Online Opinion

Looking back on the past 30 years of Indigenous housing policy it is easy to...

Authorities must not wag school
Helen HughesOctober 16, 2009The Australian

The just released National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) results for this year...

Blinding trachoma still plagues Australian outback
Sara HudsonOctober 9, 2009

Australia has the unenviable distinction of being the only developed country in the world to...

Child Care Reforms Fail Flexibility Test
September 4, 2009

By boosting child-to-staff ratios and lifting the qualifications of staff, a federal government proposal to...

Environment before people, says Wilderness Society
Sara HudsonAugust 6, 2009

The misanthropic attitude of conservationists was revealed last week when a group of Aboriginal protestors...

Submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet – Consultation Paper: COAG Closing the Gap Refresh
Charles JacobsApril 30, 2018

While the targets set in 2008 were ambitious, and the task immense, the failure to...

Submission to Productivity Commission – Draft report: Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services
Michael Potter, Sara HudsonJuly 14, 2017CIS Submission

The Productivity Commission (PC) released a draft report proposing reforms to increased competition, contestability and...

Submission to the Queensland Productivity Commission on: Service Delivery in remote and discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
Sara HudsonJune 2, 2017CIS Submission

The Inquiry into service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders closely aligns with the...

Submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet – Consultation Paper: Indigenous Business Sector Strategy
Sara Hudson, Charles JacobsMay 26, 2017CIS Submission

We believe supporting Indigenous businesses contributes to Indigenous empowerment. Unlike program delivery, which tends to...

Submission to the Parliament of NSW Standing Committee on State Development: Inquiry into economic development in Aboriginal communities
Sara HudsonFebruary 12, 2016CIS Submission

In seeking to improve Indigenous economic development outcomes it is important to recognise that high...

Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the value of a justice reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia
Sara HudsonNovember 17, 2013

To address the underlying causes of Indigenous offending, we need to focus on education and...

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