• 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.

 

WA can do more in indigenous education
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJune 27, 2012The West Australian

WA is on its way to reducing indigenous literacy and numeracy failure rates, which will...

‘Indigenous-specific’ programs are a $300m waste
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJune 27, 2012The Australian

If Queensland and WA do meet their indigenous literacy and numeracy targets, it will take...

More Indigenous students failing NAPLAN in all states except WA & QLD
Helen Hughes, Mark HughesJune 27, 2012

NAPLAN results show plummeting standards of Indigenous education across the country, according to a new...

Mabo and the concept of ownership
Sara HudsonJune 8, 2012

Sunday, 3 June, marked the 20th anniversary of the Mabo decision – when the High...

Address the demand for alcohol, not the supply
Sara HudsonMay 25, 2012

Queensland Indigenous Affairs Minister Glen Elmes may have a point when he says banning alcohol...

What Price friends?
Sara HudsonMay 23, 2012ON LINE Opinion

I have always had trouble understanding why some people have such a virulent dislike for...

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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