• 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.

 

18C makes us all tongue-tied
Jeremy SammutJanuary 20, 2015The Australian

The Charlie Hebdo massacre has renewed calls for the federal parliament to amend Section 18C...

Kinship placements risk creating a Lost Generation
Jeremy SammutDecember 12, 2014

For six years, the CIS's child protection research has comprehensively explored the major issues facing...

Indigenous Nation Building: The Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program
Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe, Steve GliddonDecember 11, 2014Policy

Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe interviews Colonel Steve Gliddon about the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program. Read full...

MEDIA RELEASE: Researcher denies report claims Indigenous children are placed ‘willy-nilly’ when taken into care.
December 10, 2014

Dr Jeremy Sammut has rejected suggestions made in today’s media that his latest research claims...

We risk an Indigenous lost generation
Jeremy SammutDecember 8, 2014The Australian

The number of Indigenous children removed from their parents has risen from 4,146 children in...

The Kinship Conundrum: The Impact of Aboriginal Self-Determination on Indigenous Child Protection
Jeremy SammutDecember 8, 2014PM144

This report argues that mainstreaming revolution in Indigenous policy should be extended to Indigenous child...

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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