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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.

 

Indigenous service structures slowing progress
Charles JacobsOctober 20, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

A new QLD Productivity Commission report echoes CIS findings that a convoluted labyrinth of programs...

Increasing community control over Indigenous land management
Sara HudsonOctober 13, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

The winds of change are beginning to blow in the Northern Territory, with the Northern...

Symbolism isn’t substance: it’s symbolism
Simon CowanOctober 6, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

On Tuesday, former acting Liberal Party director, Andrew Bragg tweeted a photo of ABC headquarters...

Indigenous corporations’ governance confusion
Charles JacobsOctober 6, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

Internal misunderstandings are threatening to undermine genuine efforts to develop economic independence on Indigenous lands....

The paradoxes of identity politics
Jeremy SammutSeptember 27, 2017The Australian

It’s a sign of our virtue-signalling times that an employer would boast on Facebook about...

Cashless welfare is small government conservatism
Jeremy SammutSeptember 8, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

It’s a libertarian fantasy that the problem of welfare dependence can be addressed without using...

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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