• 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.

 

Indigenous housing deja vu
Sara HudsonSeptember 8, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

Despite billions of dollars and numerous government programs to improve Indigenous living conditions, social housing...

The roaring ‘silence’
Jeremy SammutSeptember 1, 2017The Spectator

The notion of a “Great Australian Silence” about Australian history and the treatment of Indigenous...

Indigenous people used as sacrificial lambs
Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceSeptember 1, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

There was a lot of media focus on the video of street violence that Indigenous...

Getting Indigenous history right
Jeremy SammutAugust 25, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

Before we start tearing down statues of Captain Cook and Governor Macquarie in a misguided...

Don’t celebrate Australia in shame or ignorance
Simon CowanAugust 19, 2017CANBERRA TIMES

On Tuesday, Victoria’s Yarra City Council unanimously voted to stop celebrating Australia Day as a...

Fostering Indigenous empowerment
Charles JacobsAugust 18, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

On n’est bien servi que par soi-méme: if you want a thing done well, do...

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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