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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.

 

It’s time to Reform Native Title! | Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Tom SwitzerSeptember 13, 2024

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs, tackles the problems with Native Title legislation...

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Heritage laws have been weaponised against Indigenous progress
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 29, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

At the 2024 Garma Festival, ­Anthony Albanese stated that he saw economic development as the...

Let’s begin closing the gap today | Warren Mundine
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO, Randall EvansAugust 14, 2024

Enough Talk! 4 ways we can ACTUALLY help Indigenous Australians It is time to start...

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price Native Reform
Native Title Reform
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Tom SwitzerAugust 2, 2024
Join us in Sydney on August 23 as we welcome Jacinta Nampijinpa Price for a...
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Where to now? The Road Ahead for Indigenous Policy
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 1, 2024AP74
Although remote Indigenous communities have been a major focus of policymakers for over half a...
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Tom SwitzerJune 12, 2024

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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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