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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.

 

The Territory Gap: comparing Australia’s remote Indigenous communities
Peter GregoryAugust 25, 2022AP39

Executive Summary The absolute and relative deprivation experienced by Indigenous people in remote and very...

voice to parliament
Push for a Voice to Parliament is a bureaucratic power grab to give Indigenous Australians rights they already have
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 9, 2022SKY NEWS

People ask me why I am opposed to the Uluru Statement from the Heart and...

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Aboriginal Australians have heard the Voice before
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 2, 2022DAILY TELEGRAPH

A national body can’t speak for Aboriginal people as a group and Aboriginal people won’t...

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price maiden speech
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s maiden speech
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceJuly 27, 2022HANSARD

Thank you, Madam President. I am immensely honoured to be standing here before you as...

New mindset of action must replace grand symbolic gestures
Anthony Dillon, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOJuly 20, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

During the past few weeks, The Australian newspaper, as it has done responsibly many times...

The problems facing remote Indigenous communities can’t be boiled down to white racism alone
Simon CowanJune 4, 2022Canberra Times

A lot of attention is being shifted to Indigenous politics in light of Labor’s commitment...

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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