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Helen Hughes

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Helen Hughes AO 1928 – 2013

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Indigenous Education 2012

Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes · June 27, 2012 · PM129

In 2008, governments reduced their Indigenous literacy and numeracy target from ‘fix the problem in four years’ to ‘fix half …
NSW Community Discussion Paper: Improving Educational Outcomes for Aboriginal People

Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes · March 23, 2012

By ending the raft of current discriminatory, costly and ineffective Indigenous education policies, the New South Wales Coalition Government has …
Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Helen Hughes, Sara Hudson · November 18, 2011

Australia has a serious problem in low participation in higher education by students from low socio-economic backgrounds. Indigenous children from …
Submission to Remote Participation and Employment Servicing Arrangements

Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara Hudson · October 11, 2011

The Discussion Paper’s focus on participation and employment in remote Indigenous communities is welcome because it distinguishes remote communities from …
FaHCSIA Indigenous Economic Development Strategy 2010

Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara Hudson · December 17, 2010

Governments state that their objective is for Indigenous townships to develop and prosper like
Submission to Indigenous Home Ownership Issues Paper 2010

Helen Hughes, Sara Hudson · December 15, 2010

Part 1 of this submission shows that incorrect data and lack of analysis on Indigenous home ownership continues to mislead …
Submission to Native Title Leading Practice Agreements Discussion Paper 2010

Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara Hudson · November 30, 2010

The Native Title process is only one of the processes returning land to traditional owners. The lack of benefits to …
Private Housing on Indigenous Lands

Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara Hudson · November 17, 2010 · PM113

Almost 20% of Australia and almost 50% of the Northern Territory are Indigenous lands. Yet Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders cannot …
Indigenous Education 2010

Helen Hughes · April 20, 2010 · PM110

The 2009 NAPLAN results for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students again show high rates of failure to meet the …
Indigenous Employment, Unemployment and Labour Force Participation: Facts for Evidence Based Policies

Helen Hughes · February 10, 2010 · PM107

More than 300,000 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders—60% of those identifying as Indigenous—are in the labour force, working and living …

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A tale of two houses
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes · May 24, 2013

Almost 10 years ago, the leader of an East Arnhem Aboriginal community arrived unannounced at CIS asking for help. His …
Funding students based on Indigeneity demeaning and wasteful
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes · May 3, 2013

The Labor government’s education proposal adds grants for Indigenous students on top of the Gonski recommendations for increased school funding. …
Productivity Commission misleads on Indigenous expenditure
Helen Hughes · September 7, 2012

The Productivity Commission’s second Indigenous Expenditure Report, released earlier this week, shows that Commonwealth, state and territory taxpayer spending on …
Home, sweet home
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara Hudson · July 13, 2012

Something unusual is happening in Baniyala in East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Footings are being poured this week for two …
Poor education is letting Indigenous children down
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes · July 6, 2012 · The Drum

Recently released census Indigenous data for 2011 shows that more than 85 per cent of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders …
Indigenous education – a poor performer
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes · June 29, 2012

Indigenous education in Australia has made little or no headway since NAPLAN testing began in 2008. The number of Indigenous …
Review of indigenous literacy and numeracy 2008-2011
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes · June 28, 2012 · ON LINE Opinion

NAPLAN results from across Australia show that Queensland and Western Australia are the only states making progress on Indigenous education, …
WA can do more in indigenous education
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes · June 27, 2012 · The West Australian

WA is on its way to reducing indigenous literacy and numeracy failure rates, which will increase opportunities for indigenous men …
‘Indigenous-specific’ programs are a $300m waste
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes · June 27, 2012 · The Australian

If Queensland and WA do meet their indigenous literacy and numeracy targets, it will take until 2028 for their indigenous …
End the cargo-cult aid mentality that has ruined our neighbours
Helen Hughes · April 16, 2012

The villagers of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, together with those of Fiji's military dictatorship where living standards …

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