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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.

 

18c. I would like to say more on indigenous disadvantage, but…
Jeremy SammutNovember 2, 2016The Spectator - Flat White

Kerryn Pholi’s outstanding opinion piece in today’s Australian examines the way the Australian Human Rights...

Increase risk appetite to grow Indigenous economy
Sara HudsonOctober 21, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

Sometimes you need to take risks… to make difficult decisions. Do you continue along the...

Welfare over culture: indigenous children have a right to safety
Jeremy SammutOctober 8, 2016The Australian - Inquirer

Keating government attorney-general Michael Lavarch this week warned about a “new stolen generation” prompted by...

But they should take the children away…
Jeremy SammutOctober 7, 2016The Spectator

Despite the worsening crisis in Indigenous child welfare, the Aboriginal industry is continuing to make...

It’s the economy, stupid
Sara HudsonOctober 7, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

The federal government’s Community Development Program (CDP) scheme was criticised this week for being too...

Lack of accountability biggest issue in Indigenous affairs
Sara HudsonSeptember 23, 2016Spectator Flat White

  For too long governments have convinced themselves they are contributing to better Indigenous outcomes...

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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