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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.

 

Low expectations unhealthy
Sara HudsonApril 19, 2017Koori Mail

Ten years have passed since the federal government launched the Closing the Gap campaign. But...

Royal Commission or another inquisitorial farce?
April 13, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

The Royal Commission into Youth Detention and Child Protection’s interim report proves that, despite 26...

Justice targets won’t help Indigenous incarceration rates
Sara HudsonApril 7, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

Pressure is mounting for the Prime Minister to introduce Indigenous justice targets. But having targets...

Know goal before setting Indigenous procurement targets
Sara HudsonMarch 3, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

  The furore that erupted in the past week over the federal government’s Indigenous Procurement...

Closing the Gap Report — F for failure
Sara HudsonFebruary 17, 2017Ideas@TheCentre

If the Closing the Gap Report was a school report, the government would get an...

Traditional culture at odds with closing the gap
Jeremy SammutFebruary 16, 2017The Australian

Nine years, tens-of-billions of dollars, and tonnes of national goodwill have not made much impression...

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