• 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.

 

No need for the justice reinvestment label to fight crime
Sara HudsonSeptember 23, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

There is no doubt we need strategies to tackle the high Indigenous crime rate but...

Corporate Social Responsibility skin-deep?
Jeremy SammutSeptember 16, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (CSR) is becoming a prominent part of the business of business. CSR...

Programs must tackle causes of crime
Sara HudsonSeptember 3, 2016West Australian

The circumstances behind the tragic death of Elijah Doughty are an all too familiar scenario...

Mapping the Indigenous program and funding maze
Sara HudsonAugust 26, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

More than $5.9 billion in government and not-for-profit funding for Indigenous programs is disappearing into...

MEDIA RELEASE: CIS welcomes government’s focus on improving Indigenous outcome evidence
Sara HudsonAugust 24, 2016

The Centre for Independent Studies, which this week published the research report Mapping the Indigenous...

MEDIA RELEASE: New CIS research: Billions wasted on Indigenous programs due to lack of evaluation and accountability
Sara HudsonAugust 23, 2016

More than $5.9 billion in government and not-for-profit funding for Indigenous programs has not delivered...

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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