• 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.

 

Major General Jeffrey and aborigines in the open society
Helen HughesSeptember 8, 2008The Australian

Major General Jeffery is to be congratulated for drawing attention, on his last day as...

Stepping away from CDEP
Sara HudsonAugust 21, 2008

The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program was established to help Indigenous Australians move from...

South Australia – the forgotten state no longer?
Sara HudsonAugust 19, 2008The Adelaide Advertiser

Yesterday the federal government finally came to the party and acknowledged that it has failed...

Fruit picking jobs for local aborigines or guest workers from the Pacific?
Helen HughesAugust 18, 2008The Courier Mail

Growers' struggles to get fruit and vegetables picked and processed have led the Australian Farmers’...

Governments are failing East Arnhem Land
Helen HughesJuly 26, 2008The Weekend Australian

Kevin Rudd’s ‘Community Cabinet Meeting’ in Yirrkala unfortunately did not tackle the failures of public...

CDEP: Help or Hindrance? The Community Development Employment Program and its Impact on Indigenous Australians
Sara HudsonJuly 2, 2008PM86

Established more than thirty years ago, the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program has expanded...

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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