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The Government has established an expert panel in order to ensure appropriate public discussion and debate about the proposed changes and to provide an opportunity for people to express their views.

Only NSW, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory data records Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status of sufficient coverage or quality to publish.

Social Justice Report 2010 Back to Contents Introduction Recommendations Introduction It is with great pleasure that I present my first Social Justice Report (the Report) as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, having commenced my five-year term on 1 February 2010. I write this Report as a Gangulu man from Central Queensland with over 25 years of experience …

The Fourth Report focuses on housing issues for Indigenous peoples. The report outlines current critiques of public housing, contains a detailed consideration of the proposed reform to the public housing industry and gives several examples of best practice in the area of housing and infrastructure policy for Indigenous people. The report critically analyses the "race debate" in…

Social Justice Report 2006 Back to Contents Chapter 3: Addressing the fundamental flaw of the new arrangements for Indigenous affairs – the absence of principled engagement with Indigenous peoples Back to Report Home (TOC) Chapter 2 Chapter 3 >> Chapter 4 Developments in ensuring the ‘maximum participation of Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders in the formulation and…

Social Justice Report 2006 Back to Contents Chapter 4: International developments on the rights of indigenous peoples – Closing the ‘protection gap’ Back to Report Home (TOC) Chapter 2 Chapter 3 >> Chapter 4 International developments on the rights of indigenous peoples United Nations Reform and human rights The making of global commitments to action – The Millennium Development Goals…

Social Justice Report 2006 Back to Contents Appendix 1: Chronology of events relating to the administration of Indigenous affairs, 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2006 This appendix provides an overview of the main events with regard to the administration of Indigenous affairs to 30 June 2006. It commences with a summary table and is followed by a detailed description of each event. Date Event/summary…

Social Justice Report 2006 Back to Contents Appendix 2: Summary of the Social Justice Commissioner’s main findings and messages on ending family violence and abuse in Indigenous communities This appendix summarises the main findings from research and consultations conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission between 2001 and 2006 that relate to family violence and abuse in …

This appendix contains the survey form that my Office compiled and sent to all Indigenous communities and organisations that had entered into a Shared Responsibility Agreement (SRA) with the federal government by 31 December 2005. By this date 108 SRAs had been finalised, and they involved 124 communities.

Social Justice Report 2006 Back to Contents Appendix 4: Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People This Appendix reproduces materials approved by the United Nations General Assembly when establishing the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. It also extracts and briefly comments on the main provisions of the Program of Action for the Second Decade

This is a Report of the findings and reasons for findings made by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the Commission) following an inquiry conducted by the Commission.[1] The inquiry related to a complaint by Amnesty International Australia (Amnesty) against the Commonwealth of Australia (the Commonwealth), Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (the…

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Social Justice Report 2009 Appendix 3: Indigenous Languages - A National Approach back to contents 1 The importance of Australia's Indigenous languages 2 Objectives 3 Actions 4 Indigenous languages and literacy and numeracy 5 National curriculum 1 The importance of Australia's Indigenous languages [1] The most recent report on Indigenous languages in Australia, the National Indigenous…

Social Justice Report 2009 Back to Contents ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ the report and credits Please be aware that this publication may contain the names or images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may now be deceased. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Note – Use of the terms ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ and ‘Iindigenous peoples’…

Discussion Paper: Living Wills Published 1998 The Commission is currently not undertaking work directly in relation to living wills, This page is maintained for historical interest. Submissions in response to this paper are also available on line Contents Introduction Proposed purpose Where should comments be sent What is a 'Living Will'? Reasons for discussing living wills Status of living…