Today the Productivity Commission releases its latest report on Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, which shows only 13 of 45 measures showed any improvement and seven went backwards.
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Cry from Numbulwar: ‘They have broken Aboriginal law, but can’t be subject to it’
In a decision that has more than a few eyebrows raised and tongues wagging up north, all charges for desecrating a sacred indigenous site were dropped against the directors of S & R Building and the company fined just $500.
Part five: money, power and uncertainty in a disadvantaged town
In the fifth and final chapter in a special report into the family feud in the indigenous Noongar community, Kayt Davies sums up an enduring environment of unemployment, disadvantage and race-fuelled tension.
Larissa Behrendt talks: postcards, the walk-off and the Intervention
Bob Gosford chats to Professor Larissa Behrendt about some hot-button issues affecting Indigenous Australians — including the sale of postcards featuring naked Aboriginal children.
McClelland, Macklin get an “F” on indigenous housing reforms
Jenny Macklin’s FaHCSIA staff have faced an absolute grilling over a new Bill that was supposed to improve housing in Indigenous communities, but fails to deliver any of the “vital” reforms it was created to address, reports Bob Gosford.
Macklin advised not to consult Aboriginals over town camps
Jenny Macklin was advised by her department against formally consulting with Aboriginal people over the compulsory acquisition of their land, reports Chris Graham.
Why didn’t we hear about ‘grateful dead’ under the coalition?
Is Labor’s complaint that it is held to a different standard to the Coalition on economic management correct?
