There have been claims that plenty of money has been spent on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with little impact. Here are three targeted policy initiatives that would give guaranteed good results, writes Larissa Behrendt, Professor of Law and director of research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology.
Overcoming indigenous disadvantage
Our black health gap: less spent on primary aboriginal health
Mainstream primary health services are failing indigenous Australians, according to the country’s peak doctors group, with services not delivering adequate care or value for money. Jane Vashti Ryan investigates some disturbing new figures.
Government more ready to fund bureaucrats than welfare recipients
Why not do a cost-benefit study on the costs of quarantining income voluntarily or compulsorily versus the benefits of more cash, direct services for children and some widely available financial education for the same groups?
How to overcome indigenous disadvantage: Productivity Commission chairman tells
This evening, Gary Banks, chairman of the Productivity Commission, will deliver a speech entitled ‘Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage in Australia’ to the Second OECD World Forum on “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”, in Istanbul, Turkey. To follow are some timely extracts.
