Social Policy Group

Indigenous Affairs Resources

Commonwealth Government Programmes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
State and Local Government agencies

Directories
Statistics
Indigenous Issues
Parliamentary Library Publications and E-briefs
International Resources

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

• Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC)

• Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations

• Indigenous Coordination Centres (ICCs) operate in 30 locations around Australia. They look after most Australian Government programs for Indigenous people and negotiate Shared Responsibility Agreements (SRAs).

• Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) Programme

• Indigenous Business Australia
  

Council of Australian Governments trials

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) sponsored trials of a whole-of-government approach to Indigenous services at eight sites around Australia.The Australian National Audit Office has reported on the COAG trials in Whole of Government Indigenous Service Delivery Arrangements.

Northern Territory Emergency Intervention

Following a series of revalations about the level of child sex abuse in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, the Commonwealth announced and legislated for the implementation of a series of emergency measures. The background to the legislation is available in the Parliamentary Library Bills Digests:

Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007, Bills Digest 021, of 2007-08

Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008, Bills Digest 024 of 2007-08

Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008, Bills Digest 025 of 200708

Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007, Bills Digest 028, of 2007-08

Commonwealth Government Programmes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Education

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)

• Indigenous Education

Employment and Economic Development

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)

• Indigenous Employment Programmes

Health

Department of Health and Ageing

• Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH).

• Indigenous Health
  

Housing

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)

• Indigenous Housing

• Community Housing and Infrastructure Program (CHIP)

• Aboriginal Hostels Limited
  

Environment and Heritage

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

• Indigenous Australians Caring for Country

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)

• OIPC Repatriation Program
  

Land and Native Title

• OIPC Native Title Program

• OIPC Land Rights Program

• National Native Title Tribunal

• Native Title Representative Bodies

• Indigenous Land Corporation
  

Art, Culture and Languages

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

• Indigenous Programs

Australia Council

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts
  

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Sport

Australian Sports Commission

• Indigenous Sport Program

Department of Health and Ageing

• Indigenous Sport and Recreation Program
  

Law, Justice and Human Rights

Attorney-General's Department

• Indigenous Law and Justice

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
  

Social Security, Families, Women and Children

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

• Indigenous Policies and Programs

• Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
  

Centrelink

• Indigenous Australians
  

Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination

• Indigenous Women's Development Program

• Indigenous Leadership Programs and Initiatives
  

Torres Strait

• Torres Strait Regional Authority

State and Local Government

• New South Wales: Department of Aboriginal Affairs

• Victoria: Aboriginal Affairs Victoria

• Queensland: Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy

• Western Australia: Department of Indigenous Affairs

• South Australia: Department of Premier and Cabinet, Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division

• Tasmania: Office of Aboriginal Affairs

• Northern Territory: Office of the Chief Minister

• Australian Capital Territory: Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs

Australian Local Government Association - Indigenous Issues

Government Indigenous portal to Indigenous services and information sources located on government internet sites.

Directories of Organisations, Commonwealth and Businesses

• The Australian Government Directory Indigenous Services has contact details of Indigenous organisations listed under various categories

• The Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations  has a listing of all Aboriginal community groups by State or Territory including contact details.

• The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts' Indigenous Visual Arts and Craft Resource Directory identifies major groups and organisations involved in Indigenous Art

• On-line Indigenous Business and Community Services Directory

Statistics

• Australian Bureau of Statistics Indigenous statistics and feature articles

• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Summary of Indigenous Health Status

• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

• Productivity Commission, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, Key Indicators

• Productivity Commission Report on Government Services: Indigenous Compendium

Indigenous Issues

Arts and Culture

• Ananguku Arts - Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia

• ANKAAA - Northern Territory Top End and Kimberley Indigenous art centres

• Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative - Sydney

• Desart - Indigenous art centres in Central Australia

• iDIDJ Australia

• Indigenous Torres Strait Islander Art

• Koori Heritage Trust - Victoria

• Ngaanyatjarra Regional Arts

• Queensland Indigenous Arts Marketing and Export Agency (QIAMEA)

• Roebourne Art Group

• Tiwi Art

• UMI Arts- Far North and West Queensland

Education

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Website (NATSIEW)
  

Health

• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

• National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
  

Language and Tribal Groups

• Aboriginal Australia (map of language groups)

• Aboriginal Languages of Australia

• Aboriginal Tribes of Australia - Norman B. Tindale's catalogue

• List of Language bibliographies compiled from the AIATSIS Library collections - available for printing or downloading.

• AIATSIS Language and Place Thesaurus
  

Land and Native Title

• Native Title Research Unit - AIATSIS

• Central Land Council

• Northern Land Council

• Native Title Research Unit

Law

• Indigenous Law Centre - UNSW Faculty of Law

• Indigenous Peoples and the Law - Parliamentary Library

• Timeline of Legal Developments Affecting Indigenous People - AUSTLII

Media

• Koori Mail

• National Indigenous Times

• ABC Indigenous Online Message Stick

• ABC Indigenous news online

• National Indigenous Radio Service

• Imparja Television

• Waru - hosted by PY Media in APY Lands

• Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA)
  

Policy and Research

• Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR)

• Commonwealth Grants Commission Indigenous Funding Inquiry

• Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
  

Reconciliation and Social Justice

• Bringing them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families

• Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Archive

• HREOC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice page

• Reconciliation Australia

• Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR)

Parliamentary Library Publications and E-briefs

Indigenous socioeconomic indicators Background Note, 11 February 2008

'Sorry': the unfinished business of the Bringing Them Home report Background Note, 4 February 2008

The 1967 Referendum: history and myths Research Brief, 11, 2006-07

Commonwealth Indigenous-specific expenditure 1968–2008 Research Paper 10/2008-09

Indigenous Broadcasting E-brief

ATSIC Review: Complex Challenges, No Simple Solutions Research Note 5/03-04

Make or Break? A Background to the ATSIC Changes and the ATSIC Review Current Issues Brief 29/02-03

Defining Aboriginality in Australia Current Issues Brief 10/2002-03

Indigenous Flags and Days Research Note 4/2002-03

Mabo: Ten Years On E-brief

The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia and Indigenous Peoples 1901-1967

Indigenous Socioeconomic Indicators, Benefits and Expenditure Research Paper Online

The Definition of Aboriginality Research Note 18/2000-01

Aboriginal Tent Embassy: Icon or Eyesore? Chronology 3/1999-00

The Protection of Indigenous Rights: Contemporary Canadian Comparisons Research Paper 27/1999-00

Indigenous Religion in Secular Australia Research Paper 11/1999-00

From Dispossession to Reconciliation Research Paper 27/1998-99

Indigenous Affairs in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States of America, Norway and Sweden Background Paper 15/1997-98

The Origin of Commonwealth Involvement in Indigenous Affairs and the 1967 Referendum Background Paper 11/1996-97

International Resources

• Aboriginal Canada Portal

• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

• Te Puni Kokiri - Ministry of Maori Development

• Bureau of Indian Affairs - US Department of the Interior

• Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development

• Center for World Indigenous Studies

• Ethnologue: Languages of the World

• Indigenous Peoples and the Law

• International Law and Legislation

• International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)

• United Nations International Decade of the World's Indigenous People 1995-2004

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