• 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.

 

Little Gungaleeda girl: a preventable tragedy
Sara HudsonSeptember 1, 2010ABC News

A coroner has begun his inquiry into the death of the 'little Gungaleeda girl', who...

Helen Hughes opens her diary
Helen HughesJuly 31, 2010The Spectator (Australia)

The time we take to fly from Sydney to have dinner with Noel Pearson on...

Education key to living in two worlds
Sara HudsonJuly 30, 2010

In his speech at the opening dinner of the Centre’s annual Consilium conference last week,...

A world away – Halls Creek, a remote town in WA
Sara HudsonJuly 16, 2010

It’s only an eight-hour drive from Broome, but the town of Halls Creek is a...

Government doing something for Indigenous people not with them …
Sara HudsonJune 29, 2010Online Opinion

A tiny remote Aboriginal community near the Gulf of Carpentaria has demonstrated that you don’t...

Outback Stores is not the solution
Sara HudsonJune 29, 2010The Canberra Times

Remote Indigenous stores are more than just your corner shop. For those of us living...

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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