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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.

 

Shopping for Health
Sara HudsonDecember 11, 2009Policy

Improving health conditions in remote Indigenous communities depdends on better stores. Often the local store...

Wasting money damages Aboriginal health
Sara HudsonDecember 10, 2009The Australian

Public hospital reform wasn't the only issue put on the backburner at this week's Council...

Indigenous health suffers from lack of accountability
Sara HudsonDecember 4, 2009

Given the abysmal health of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders living in Indigenous communities, no...

Closing the Accountability Gap: The First Step Towards Better Indigenous Health
Sara HudsonDecember 3, 2009PM105

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s pledge to ‘Close the Gap’ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health outcomes...

Hale and hearty, say their parents
Sara HudsonDecember 3, 2009The Australian

Ninety-seven percent of indigenous children are reported to be in excellent, very good, or good...

Indigenous Health Short-Changed by a Lack of Accountability
December 2, 2009

Over the past 10 years, funding for Indigenous health programs has increased by 245% with...

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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