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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.

 

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Things to learn from the Voice to Parliament referendum
Simon CowanOctober 21, 2023CANBERRA TIMES

In the wake of the Indigenous Voice referendum failure, much has been written about why...

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Why identity politics lost big in Australia
Tom SwitzerOctober 15, 2023NATIONAL REVIEW

On Saturday October 14, Australians defeated a ballot initiative that would have changed the Constitution...

Meet the Aboriginal politician leading the charge against Australia’s Voice referendum
Tom SwitzerSeptember 29, 2023SPECTATOR

Every so often, in the life of nations, there comes a moment when a new...

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If voice is rejected, we will still be a tolerant, liberal democracy
Tom SwitzerSeptember 23, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

One of the intriguing arguments in defence of the Indigenous voice to parliament is the...

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10 ways the Yes camp is twisting the truth on the Indigenous voice to parliament
Nyunggai Warren Mundine AOAugust 30, 2023THE AUSTRALIAN

Chris Kenny’s piece “Busting eight myths of the No Campaign” in ­Inquirer last weekend read...

Where are all the ‘Yes’ advocates?
Tom SwitzerAugust 24, 2023

Where are all the ‘Yes’ advocates? No bigger idea has emerged in recent years than...

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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