• 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.

 

Aborigines shut out on home front
Sara HudsonMarch 11, 2009The Australian

Among the multitude of policy failures in Aboriginal communities, public housing is poorly designed and...

Homeownership for remote Indigenous communities
Sara HudsonMarch 6, 2009

As part of the ‘Apology to the Stolen Generation,’ the Rudd government promised to spend...

Has Indigenous Education Been Shortchanged Again?
Helen HughesMarch 6, 2009The Australian

The minister for education’s plan to fund two hundred additional teachers with $100 million of...

From Rhetoric to Reality: Can 99-year Leases Lead to Homeownership for Indigenous Communities?
Sara HudsonMarch 5, 2009PM92

The lack of private property rights on communal title land has prevented Aborigines and Torres...

GOVT HOMEOWNERSHIP SCHEMES STILL FAILING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
March 5, 2009

The great Australian dream of owning one’s own home has been denied to Indigenous Australians...

School litany of shame
Helen HughesDecember 14, 2008

With the May 2009 national literacy and numeracy tests only six months away, it is...

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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