Jon Altman and Mike Dillon explore the role of government as risk manager for commercial development and resource management on Indigenous land, and outline the principles that must underpin any intervention program. They propose a new investment scheme to assist development and natural resource management on the growing Indigenous estate which ensures that commercial and...

Significant changes are being made to Indigenous affairs at national and regional levels, with the potential for dramatic realignments in inter-governmental relations and the funding of service delivery. Diane Smith identifies challenges facing Indigenous people and governments in reshaping Indigenous governance in the Territory, and considers some strategic options for a way forward.

One of the most important programs for Indigenous community and economic development is the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme. CDEP employs around 35,000 Indigenous Australians and accounts for over one-quarter of total Indigenous employment. This paper reviews the evidence on the social and economic impacts of the scheme. The available evidence demonstrates that the...

Their labour force and income status remain relatively poor, creating a challenge to Council of Australian Governments partners to ensure increased Indigenous participation in regional development planning and activity. John Taylor and Nicholas Biddle developed a baseline regional profile of Indigenous and non-Indigenous population numbers in the Murray-Darling Basin, to assist in development of the...

Jon Altman, Boyd Hunter and Nicholas Biddle examine trends across a number of socioeconomic outcomes for Indigenous Australians from the 1967 referendum to the present, using four Censuses of Population and Housing carried out by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001. Outcomes for Indigenous Australians, non-Indigenous Australians and the ratios...