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Everybody’s Business: Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Community Stores

6 November 2009

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Preliminary Pages	(PDF 130KB)
Foreword Membership of the Committee Committee Secretariat Terms of reference Abbreviations List of recommendations

Chapter 1 Introduction	(PDF 67KB)
Conduct of the inquiry Structure of the report

Chapter 2 Remote Indigenous community stores—more than a shop	(PDF 124KB)
More than a shop Extending business opportunities of the store Store manager’s role Store models Community owned Government owned Privately owned Committee comment

Chapter 3 Healthy stores, healthy communities	(PDF 246KB)
Health status of Indigenous people living in remote communities Dietary change and current food preferences Link between poor nutrition and health Government initiatives on closing the gap in health Stores—balancing the economic and health benefits Influence of store managers Health and nutrition education Indigenous health workers Developing healthy store policies RIST resources Monitoring and evaluating health initiatives Committee comment Employment and training opportunities CDEP Committee comment

Chapter 4 Fresh food access and supply	(PDF 184KB)
The tyranny of distance Purchasing and supply models Regional coordination models Group purchasing models Committee comment Other supply models Committee comment Store infrastructure Committee comment Supplementing nutrition with local supply Committee comment

Chapter 5 Cost of living in remote Indigenous communities—the price of health	(PDF 229KB)
Cost of living Committee comment Higher costs Freight—how much does it cost? Freight in the Torres Strait Committee comment Improvements to freight coordination Committee comment High fuel prices Banking Book up Committee comment Housing and food preparation Committee comment Cooking lessons Committee comment Healthy and affordable takeaways Committee comment

Chapter 6 Regulating for governance	(PDF 202KB)
Good store governance in a remote economy The role of store committees Obstacles to governance Distortion of market power Cultural obligations and stores Committee comment Regulatory frameworks for store governance Jurisdiction and non-compliance issues Committee comment Proposal for a national registration framework Committee comment Governance training and support Committee conclusions

Chapter 7 Future of remote community stores	(PDF 208KB)
The national licensing proposal NTER store licensing definitions and requirements Evaluations and assessments of licensing Committee comment The licensing process Non-standard models A licence for health Committee comment An assessment of Outback Stores The findings Positives Negatives Committee comment

Appendix A: Committee visits to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities	(PDF 85KB)
Torres Strait Islands Waiben (Thursday) Island Badu (Mulgrave) Island Masig (Yorke) Island Mer (Murray) Island Cape York communities Northern Peninsular Area (NPA) communities Bamaga and surrounding area Umagico Alau, New Mapoon and Seisia stores Aurukun Kowanyama Central Desert communities Papunya Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands Amata Kaltjiti (Fregon) Arnhem Land Jilkminggan Bulman North East Arnhem Land Goulburn Island (Warruwi) Milingimbi Maningrida

Appendix B: Submissions	(PDF 42KB)

Appendix C: Public hearings	(PDF 96KB)

Appendix D: Exhibits	(PDF 66KB)