• 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.

 

Don Dale the tip of child protection scandal
Jeremy SammutJuly 30, 2016The Australian - Inquirer

The root causes of what leads children to end up in detention centres and similar...

domestic violence
Homeland Truths: The Unspoken Epidemic of Violence in Indigenous Communities
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceJuly 25, 2016OP148

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s speech is a powerful personal plea to stop the violence against women...

Education does not lead to violence
Jennifer Buckingham OAMJuly 15, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

A lot of people who have never been to Aurukun have opinions about its problems;...

Time to remove the rose-tinted glasses when it comes to Aboriginal culture
Sara HudsonJuly 8, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

It is NAIDOC week, with activities taking place across Australia to celebrate the history, culture...

Remote Indigenous Australia — where time stands still
Sara HudsonJune 17, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

In a remote East Arnhem Land community time seems to stand still. The air is...

Welcome to country
Jeremy SammutJune 11, 2016The spectator

Imagine if the Nova Peris ‘lived experience’ test was widely applied and allowed to determine...

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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