• 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.

 

New inquiry is not needed
Sara HudsonNovember 30, 2016Koori Mail

The inquiry into high levels of Indigenous incarceration is a smoke and mirrors tactic by...

No end to Indigenous violence while good people do nothing
Sara HudsonNovember 25, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

Last week’s powerful address at the National Press Club, by Jacinta Price, Marcia Langton and...

MEDIA RELEASE: Big tick for accountable child protection in NSW.
Jeremy SammutNovember 17, 2016

  The Baird Government’s response to the Independent Review of Out Of Home Care in...

MEDIA RELEASE: Winding back alcohol restrictions in Fitzroy Crossing a mistake
Sara HudsonNovember 16, 2016

Winding back alcohol restrictions in Fitzroy Crossing to allow publicans to sell mid-strength takeaway beer...

Real solutions to violence epidemic in Indigenous communities
Sara HudsonNovember 11, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

Urgent action is needed to counteract the epidemic of violence in Indigenous communities. But instead...

Indigenous kids failed again
Jeremy SammutNovember 9, 2016The Spectator - Flat White

The Family Matters report released by SNAICC, the peak Indigenous child welfare services lobby group,...

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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