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This paper draws on sixty years of evidence to argue for a third option in remote employment policy: helping people reach the work.
How Victoria's Aboriginal Heritage Act handed monopoly power to Aboriginal corporations and left developers paying the price.
This paper discusses the effectiveness of scholarships for Aboriginal secondary school students.
This research paper discusses employment programs in remote Aboriginal communities.
This research paper discusses Aboriginal offenders and programs to help them after release.
This paper discusses the impact of diversity policies on academic standards for Aboriginal scholars.
This paper discusses findings from our recent survey of Reconciliation Action Plans registered with Reconciliation Australia.
This paper explores how Mitcham City Council's Reconciliation Action Plan impacts the community and ultimately widens the gap.
This paper provides a better alternative to a Reconciliation Action Plan for your organisation.
This animated video discusses Aboriginal identity, benefits and reconciliation, arguing that need, not race, should determine support and acknowledgment.
This animated video discusses the idea of 'first nations' in the context of Australian history. We are proud of this new way of new way of communicating complex ideas.
Ruth Webb-Smith reflects on sorry business, traditional relationships with death and country, and a Kimberley fire project.
The Honourable Hilary Hannam speaks about the courts not being to blame for Aboriginal people in jail.
Dr Don Hannam shares his extraordinary experiences as a physician in remote Indigenous communities around Australia.
Rodger Jefferis reflects on his life, Indigenous relations, employment changes, and the loss of work ethic over generations.
Mark Nevill discusses the decline in literacy among Aboriginal students and the importance of discipline and phonics-based education.
Ian Conway shares his journey advocating for the education of remote Aboriginal children in Mparntwe (Alice Springs).
Explore the full interview with Shirley Crane as she shares her insights on Aboriginal culture and realities of life in remote communities.
This paper draws on sixty years of evidence to argue for a third option in remote employment policy: helping people reach the work.
Ruth Webb-Smith reflects on sorry business, traditional relationships with death and country, and a Kimberley fire project.
How Victoria's Aboriginal Heritage Act handed monopoly power to Aboriginal corporations and left developers paying the price.
How one determined advocate spent five years fighting NSW Health bureaucracy to win patients the right to decline the Aboriginality question on intake forms.
An examination of Indigenous bilingual education that questions how best to balance language revival with strong English literacy and academic outcomes for Aboriginal kids.
This is a story of two Aborigines: the indulged and the incarcerated, and of how some who benefit from the open society refuse to share their secrets with those who do not.
The Honourable Hilary Hannam speaks about the courts not being to blame for Aboriginal people in jail.
This document reveals how Australian kindergartens are embedding regular “truth-telling” sessions that push identity politics onto pre-school children.
Dr Don Hannam shares his extraordinary experiences as a physician in remote Indigenous communities around Australia.
Gary Johns dissects how a Victorian inquest turned from a medical tragedy into a political narrative—ignoring facts and the fate of Heather Calgaret’s four children.
Gary Johns exposes how the NT Coroner’s inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker became a post-colonial reckoning instead of a legal inquiry.
Rodger Jefferis explains how a meaningful land return and training proposal was blocked by bureaucratic box-ticking and quantity-over-quality logic.
Rodger Jefferis recalls when respect and work united communities and how policy changes replaced them with welfare and resentment.
Gary Johns challenges the AHRC’s narrative on Aboriginal deaths in custody, revealing how data contradicts the crisis claims and calls for evidence-based reform.
Rodger Jefferis shares firsthand insight into the five-generation fallout from policies that disrupted Aboriginal employment and identity in remote Australia.
Rodger Jefferis discusses how policy changes fractured respect between Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Australians over generations.
Rodger Jefferis reflects on his life, Indigenous relations, employment changes, and the loss of work ethic over generations.
This animated video discusses Aboriginal identity, benefits and reconciliation, arguing that need, not race, should determine support and acknowledgment.
This paper discusses the effectiveness of scholarships for Aboriginal secondary school students.
This research paper discusses employment programs in remote Aboriginal communities.
This research paper discusses Aboriginal offenders and programs to help them after release.
This paper provides a better alternative to a Reconciliation Action Plan for your organisation.
This animated video discusses the idea of 'first nations' in the context of Australian history. We are proud of this new way of new way of communicating complex ideas.
This paper discusses findings from our recent survey of Reconciliation Action Plans registered with Reconciliation Australia.
This paper explores how Mitcham City Council's Reconciliation Action Plan impacts the community and ultimately widens the gap.
Mark Nevill discusses the decline in literacy among Aboriginal students and the importance of discipline and phonics-based education.
Ian Conway shares his journey advocating for the education of remote Aboriginal children in Mparntwe (Alice Springs).
Explore the full interview with Shirley Crane as she shares her insights on Aboriginal culture and realities of life in remote communities.
In part five of the series, Shirley Crane, an NT educator, discusses the disparity in healthcare services available to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in her community.
In part four of the series, Shirley Crane, an NT educator, discusses the roots and relevance of the Welcome to Country ceremony.
This paper examines the legal and social implications for Australia.
In part three of the series, Shirley Crane, an NT educator, discusses payback mentality in remote Aboriginal communities.
In part two of the series, Shirley Crane, an NT educator, discusses the impact of mining royalties on remote Aboriginal communities.
Examines the impact of Aboriginal nationalism on the reconciliation process in Australia.
In part one of the series, Shirley Crane, an NT educator, discusses the Aboriginal practice of humbugging and its impact on remote communities.
Investigating the impact of diversity policies on academic standards for Aboriginal scholars.
An article by CtGR Chairman Gary Johns in The Epoch Times.
Dr. Bill Josephesen shares his experience as a medical professional in remote communities.
This paper evaluates the Uluru Statement, focusing on its origins and impact on reconciliation.
Trish Botha shares her advocacy for personal empowerment within Aboriginal communities.
Gary Johns discusses the importance of focusing on needs rather than race in supporting Aboriginal communities.
Kerry White shares the story of her life and work in Aboriginal communities.
Gary Johns discusses the first Aboriginal university graduate in Australia and the upcoming Church and State Conference.
Cheryl Waye shares her story of success and resilience as a proud indigenous woman.
We propose an annual celebration of reconciliation called Intermarriage Day.
Gary Johns dicsusses the feasibility of WA's Bidyadanga Land Activation Pilot Project.
Gary Johns discusses the Adelaide Statement from the Head, which presents an alternative response to the Uluru Statement.
Gary Johns shares his analysis, offering valuable insights into the implications for tenants and the landscape of housing in remote areas.
Close the Gap Research Committee presents an alternative response to the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Terry Keane shares his experience working in remote communities across Australia.
Learn about the outcomes from the inaugural Close the Gap Research committee meeting.
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