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‘Business as usual’: Closing the Gap efforts inadequate

Community & Social

The Productivity Commission has criticised the inadequate action taken by governments to deliver on priority reforms to improve the lives of Indigenous people.

NSW agencies launch plan to deliver better services in partnership with Aboriginal communities

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

Priority actions under the plan include transferring claimable Crown Land to Local Aboriginal Land Councils, and increasing Aboriginal people’s skills and economic participation through government contracts.

Shared decision-making crucial to improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Productivity Commission finds

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

A new report highlights the need for a ‘bottom-up’ approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander involvement in decision-making and policy design, to improve life outcomes for their communities.

The government’s ‘new page’ on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same

By Alison Holland

Culture

Alison Holland When the minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, recently announced a co-design process for creating an Indigenous “voice to government”, it was characterised as a shift in rhetoric. Yet, on closer inspection, it was less a shift than a consolidation of the Liberal Party’s rhetoric on Indigenous affairs over the past two years. […]

NT policeman receives ANZSOG Indigenous Churchill Fellowship

By Shannon Jenkins

Community & Social

Senior Constable Alphonsus Shields has been named as ANZSOG’s inaugural Indigenous Churchill Fellowship recipient. Shields is a General Duties Policeman in the Northern Territory Police’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Development Unit, and is a member of the Senior Aboriginal Reference Group for the NT government.

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For genuine collaboration with Indigenous communities on policy, government must change how it regards Indigenous public servants, representation, control and mutual learning

By Catherine Althaus

Culture

If governments are to improve outcomes in Indigenous policy, they must invest in public service Indigenous leadership and reset their relationships with Indigenous communities. They can do this by acknowledging that Aboriginal leadership is central to delivering public value.

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‘Business as usual’: Closing the Gap efforts inadequate

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NSW agencies launch plan to deliver better services in partnership with Aboriginal communities

Shared decision-making crucial to improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Productivity Commission finds

The government’s ‘new page’ on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same

NT policeman receives ANZSOG Indigenous Churchill Fellowship

For genuine collaboration with Indigenous communities on policy, government must change how it regards Indigenous public servants, representation, control and mutual learning