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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 …
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 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 …

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. …
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 …
Lands where no one can feel at home
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes, Sara Hudson · June 25, 2011

Over the past 50 years, 20 per cent of Australia has been returned to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. These …
Indigenous private property rights ignored again
Helen Hughes, Mark Hughes · May 27, 2011

In May 2010, the Commonwealth government released an Indigenous Economic Development Strategy discussion paper. Ninety-two responses, totaling more than 1,000 …

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