Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
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Year: 2005
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Author: Centre for Remote Health
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: NT
Constructs baseline profiles of the social and economic conditions of the region, in order to establish baseline indicators of social and economic conditions against which change can be calibrated
Report Locationhttp://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/70340/20080522-1236/www.desertknowledgecrc.com.au/publications/downloads/DKCRC-Report-5-Indigenous-P ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Job, RFS and Bin-Sallik, MA
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Journal Name: Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety
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Journal Number: Volume 24 Issue 2 (Apr 2013)
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Publisher: Australasian College of Road Safety
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Published Location: Mawson, A.C.T.
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ISBN: 1832-9497
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Country: Australia
Indigenous Australians are substantially more likely than the non-Indigenous population to be killed or seriously injured in a road crash and much more likely to receive a custodial sentence for unlicensed driving. A number of projects in Australia have been designed to address these issues. The "DriveSafe NT Remote" Project makes advances on pre ....
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Year: 2000
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Author: Fuller, Don; Howard, Myles; Cummings, Eileen; Holmes, Scott
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Country: Australia
The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program is one of largest schemes implemented in Australia to address the economic and social situation of Indigenous Australians. In 1997/98, the federal government spent over $374 million on the scheme and more than 30,000 Indigenous people were involved in CDEP projects - more ....
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Year: 2010
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Author: S. Prout; M. Yap
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Publisher: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
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Published Location: Canberra, ACT
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ISBN: 0731549651
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Western Australia
Indigenous Australians have often been described as highly mobile people - particularly in historical and remote 'wilderness' contexts. The literature paints a picture of regular, short-term population movement within and between desert, hinterland, and tropic regions of Australia, with significant implications for targeting and de ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Pearson, Cecil A L and Daff, Sandra.
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Journal Name: Australian Bulletin of Labour
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Journal Number: 39.1
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Publisher: National Institute of Labour Statistics
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Published Location: Australia
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ISBN: 03116336
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Country: Australia
The potential of the Australian minerals industry to generate considerable national revenue can be jeopardised in periods of economic growth by fostering a shortage of relevant educated and skilled personnel. Legal reforms of the 1990s, public pressure, and benefits by employing local Aboriginal people has driven the installation of work-integrat ....
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Year: 2012
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Author: Adrian Fordham and Jeremy Schwab
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Country: Australia and North Africa
With the continuing high levels of Indigenous youth unemployment and low levels of school attendance among Indigenous youth, Indigenous communities and education systems are seeking new approaches to increase Indigenous youth participation in education, training and employment. This priority among Indigenous and government stakeholders is not res ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Libby Lee-Hammond
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Journal Name: Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
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Journal Number: Vol. 38 No. 1
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Publisher: Early Childhood Australia
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Published Location: Deakin West, A.C.T.
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ISBN: 1836-9391
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Western Australia
This paper discusses an empirical research study based on a community consultation process for the development of an integrated children and families centre. Conducted in Western Australia in 2009, the consultation was designed specifically for the Noongar Aboriginal community, drawing on Indigenous research methods and sociocultural theory. The ....
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Year: 2013
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Author: Katherine Curchin
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Journal Name: Australian Journal of Social Sciences
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Journal Number: Vol. 48 No.1
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Publisher: Australian Social Policy Association
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Published Location: Sydney, NSW
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ISBN: 0157-6321
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Country: Australia
In the contemporary debate about remote Indigenous economic development, Jon Altman’s hybrid economy approach is the major alternative to the dominant neo‑liberal perspective. Altman’s approach emphasises the continuing customary economic activity of remote‑living Indigenous Australians and their legitimate aspirations to live and work on ....
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Year: 2003
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Author: Victoire, Anousha
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Journal Name: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
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Journal Number: Vol. 27, No. 1
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Country: Australia
Public health interventions that target completion of formal education are increasingly being seen as essential to achieve improved health outcomes among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The 'Transition Project: Taking Big Steps' tackles the problem of young Indigenous people from remote communities facing t ....
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Year: 2001
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Author: Tongs, J
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Journal Name: Good Health - good country: from conception to completion: proceedings of the 6th National Rural Health Conference
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Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
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Published Location: Deakin West, ACT
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Country: Australia
Arguing that current Aboriginal health problems are multi factorial and related to past experiences as well s to present conditions, this paper briefly considers policy development in Aboriginal affairs in terms of the issues of self determination, Aboriginal community controlled health services, and access to mainstream health ser ....
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Year: 2000
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Author: Australia. Parliament. Senate. Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education References Committee.
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Publisher: Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education References Committee
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Published Location: Canberra, ACT
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ISBN: 0642710457
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Country: Australia
The Committee's brief was to review parliamentary, government and commission reports on Indigenous education and training during the past ten years, to assess the recommendations made in these reports and to investigate the extent to which they had been implemented; in the year of the tenth anniversary of the National Aboriginal an ....
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Year: 2007
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Author: Lundy, Kate
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Journal Name: 9th National Rural Health Conference
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Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
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Published Location: Deakin West, ACT
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Country: Australia
Outlining the opposition Labor Party's direction in health policy, this presentation describes a 'long-term vision for health' in rural Australia. Issues considered include: removal of duplication and inconsistencies between different levels of government in order to use limited health resources for patient based health services; I ....
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Year: 2000
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Editors: Pritchard, B; McManus, P
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Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
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Published Location: Kensington, NSW
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ISBN: 0868405787
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Country: Australia
This book explores the dynamics of change in contemporary rural and regional Australia. Each of the book's ten thematic chapters highlights and critiques a particular debate associated with recent discourse on the futures of rural and regional Australia. Chapters include an Introduction by Phil McManus and Bill Pritchard; The myths of modern agri ....
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Year: 2007
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Author: Kaur, Kamaljit
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Journal Name: Australian Aboriginal Studies
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Journal Number: 2
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Northern Australia
This study investigated the role of ecosystem services in the well-being of Aboriginal Australians, in the tropical savanna region of northern Australia. There is significant literature available to suggest that Aboriginal communities depend upon the natural system (Williams 1986 and 1998; Altman 1987 and 2004; Edwards 1988; Gray 2 ....
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Year: 2001
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Author: D'Abbs, Peter; Togni, Samantha
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Journal Name: Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
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Journal Number: Vol. 25, No. 2
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Country: Australia
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State/Region: Northern Territory, Western Australia
Objective: To review the effectiveness of community-based initiatives involving restrictions on alcohol availability in remote and regional locations in Australia, and to assess their implications for other communities or town contemplating similar measures. Methods: Findings from evaluations of community initiatives in Tennant Cre ....
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