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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.

 

Australia Day, Invasion Day or Survival Day?
Sara HudsonJanuary 25, 2013

This coming Saturday is Australia Day. Last year on Australia Day, some Aboriginal leaders and...

Progress is possible in remote Aboriginal lands
Sara HudsonJanuary 2, 2013The Australian

IF you follow the coverage of indigenous affairs, you could be forgiven for getting the...

Sustainability of Indigenous Communities
Ron Staples, Sara Hudson, Wesley AirdDecember 20, 2012OP127

Social indicators of Indigenous disadvantage prove that the orthodox methods of delivering services to Indigenous...

Crying foul over alcohol laws
Sara HudsonDecember 14, 2012

The National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, along with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC),...

Enabling Indigenous Prosperity
Sara HudsonDecember 9, 2012Policy

Indigenous prosperity on Indigenous lands is possible only when we stop treating Aboriginal people as...

Right idea, wrong approach
Sara HudsonNovember 30, 2012

The Queensland government has the right idea: Aboriginal people living on Indigenous land should have...

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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