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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.

 

Report card on Indigenous disadvantage
Sara HudsonJanuary 29, 2010

EducationD Health - D Housing - E Employment - E Crime - E Overall comment Sara Hudson is a Policy Analyst...

End exploitative practices in the outback
Sara HudsonJanuary 22, 2010

The Australian recently reported Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin’s scathing response to the loan shark...

Competitive disadvantage is hardly the healthiest option
Sara HudsonJanuary 2, 2010The Australian

Determining the appropriate level of government responsibility is a vexed issue. Nowhere is this more...

Latest Indigenous health scheme shows policymakers are still in ‘la la land’
Sara HudsonDecember 18, 2009

Chronic diseases, in particular cardiovascular disease, are the biggest single killers of Indigenous people. But...

Where Does all the money go?
Sara HudsonDecember 12, 2009Open Forum

In the last 12 years, Commonwealth funding for Indigenous specific health programs has increased by...

Up from the Mission: Selected writings
Sara HudsonDecember 11, 2009Policy

Up from the Mission: Selected Writings by Noel Pearson Reviewed by Sara Hudson Read full...

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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