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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.

 

Let’s get serious about tackling indigenous violence
Sara HudsonMarch 5, 2013The Punch

These figures will come as no surprise to people like Northern Territory MP Bess Price,...

Time for some commonsense in Indigenous affairs
Sara HudsonMarch 1, 2013

In a speech delivered for The Centre for Independent Studies this week, Professor Marcia Langton...

To get Aborigines out of jail give them education and jobs
Sara HudsonFebruary 7, 2013The Australian

Although small steps are being made to close the gap, more needs to be done,...

Justice Reinvestment no ‘panacea’ to prison
Sara HudsonFebruary 1, 2013

The Australian Senate is conducting an inquiry into the value of a Justice Reinvestment approach...

Avoid latest fad: Education and employment key to reduce Indigenous imprisonment rate
January 31, 2013

The Senate Inquiry into Justice Reinvestment is a mistake. Although touted as a ‘panacea’ to...

Panacea to Prison? Justice Reinvestment in Indigenous Communities
Sara HudsonJanuary 31, 2013PM134

High Indigenous incarceration rates have elicited a long list of so-called solutions over the years....

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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