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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.

 

Changing Australia Day won’t change history
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceJanuary 12, 2018DAILY TELEGRAPH

Australia Day is often heralded by ads about lamb and barbies being ‘Australian’. But what...

Financial security will bring Indigenous environmental sustainability
Charles JacobsJanuary 12, 2018IDEAS@THECENTRE

A recent poll found that support for Indigenous ranger programs is high. However, these initiatives...

Another year, another failure to close the gaps
Charles JacobsJanuary 5, 2018THE SPECTATOR - FLAT WHITE

A new year typically brings optimism, hope and a sense of progression. However, for the...

Cashless debit cards protect Aboriginal women and children
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceDecember 26, 2017THE AUSTRALIAN

  The Left seems to be increasingly more concerned with the ‘rights of the individual’...

Indigenous Procurement Policy makes ticking boxes easy
Charles JacobsDecember 15, 2017THE SPECTATOR: FLAT WHITE

The federal government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) is regularly touted as ‘supercharging’ the Indigenous business...

Indigenous business policy is tricky
Charles JacobsDecember 1, 2017IDEAS@THECENTRE

Indigenous Australians are turning to small business ownership as a means of overcoming socio-economic disadvantage....

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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