• 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.

 

Census apartheid: separate form separates a community
Sara HudsonAugust 10, 2011The Drum

The use of a separate Census form for some discrete Indigenous communities is not only...

Census Apartheid
Sara HudsonAugust 5, 2011

Tuesday, 9th August, is Census night. Across the country Australians will be filling in the...

OOHC not working for at-risk kids
Jeremy SammutJuly 19, 2011The Drum

In a letter in Sydney Morning Herald on Friday, July 15, Reverend Harry Herbert, the...

A day of transformation
Sara HudsonJuly 8, 2011

This National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) week, July 3–10, Aboriginal and Torres...

Lands where no one can feel at home
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara HudsonJune 25, 2011The Australian

Over the past 50 years, 20 per cent of Australia has been returned to Aborigines...

Dump deal showcases Aboriginal property issues
Sara HudsonJune 17, 2011

Recent controversy over the establishment of a nuclear waste storage facility on Aboriginal land in...

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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