• 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.

 

Practical reconciliation through business support
Sara HudsonJune 1, 2016Online Opinion

The Prime Minister’s recent promise to grow the Indigenous business sector through a $115 million...

Not So Black and White
Jeremy SammutJune 1, 2016Quadrant

If you read Stan Grant’s much publicised new book, Talking To My Country (Harper Collins...

What is happening in Aurukun?
Sara HudsonMay 20, 2016Ideas@TheCentre

Once again, Aurukun is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Last week schools...

MEDIA RELEASE: Budget 2016: Timid Turnbull tinkers at top and bottom 
Simon Cowan, Michael Potter, Patrick Carvalho, Jennifer Buckingham OAM, Trisha Jha, Sara HudsonMay 3, 2016

CIS policy experts share their ‘first glance’ assessment of the Budget, with more detailed analysis...

How best to care for Indigenous children who need to be removed from their families
Jeremy SammutMay 2, 2016

A recent SBS Insight program examined the most contentious subject in Indigenous affairs – how...

MEDIA RELEASE: National Aboriginal Social Survey shows things not as bad as vested interest groups make out
Sara HudsonApril 28, 2016

The latest National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey released today indicates most Aboriginal...

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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