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Transport Disadvantage and Indigenous Australians

• Author(s): Currie, G, Senbergs, Z
• Published: 2007
• Publisher: Monash University ePress

This chapter provides a review of transport disadvantage in the context of Indigenous Australians with a more specific focus on remote Australia. It identifies transport related disadvantages associated with Indigenous communities, discusses travel behaviour pattens and identifies transport needs and problems. It discusses Aboriginal issues of disadvantage generally and how these affect access to transport….

A review of sampling designs for the measurement of soil organic carbon in Australian grazing lands

• Author(s): Allen, D.E., Pringle, M.J., Page, K.L., Dalal, R.C.
• Published: 2010

The accurate measurement of the soil organic carbon (SOC) stock in Australian grazing lands is important due to the major role that SOC plays in soil productivity and the potential influence of soil C cycling on Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. However, the current sampling methodologies for SOC stock are varied and potentially conflicting. It was…

The Cultural Interface

• Author(s): Nakata, M
• Published: 2007

For a while now I have been researching and writing about Australian Indigenous education issues. Like you all, I have seen much good work and learnt much from what is going on across the country and internationally to improve outcomes for Indigenous learners in formal education processes. And still we go on with the struggle…

Indigenous Women’s Experiences of Work: Key Issues in Urban Queensland

• Author(s): Demosthenous, Hellene T, Robertson, Boni, Demosthenous, Catherine M
• Published: 2010

This research project was funded by Queensland Working Women‟s Service (QWWS) for Security4Women, which is an incorporated body that is funded by the Australian Government through the Office for Women (OfW), Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA). Security4Women works to promote lifelong economic wellbeing for women and is now called economic Security4Women…

Overview of the Darwin Labour Market

• Author(s): Neville, Ivan
• Published: 2011
• Publisher: Australian Government

Overview of the Darwin Labour Market

Aboriginal spirituality: Aboriginal philosophy, the basis of Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing

• Author(s): Grieves, V
• Published: 2009
• Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health

Although this discussion paper has been developed for people working within health practice, as it explains, the wholistic philosophical basis of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture that encompasses wellbeing has applications in every area of engagement with Indigenous Australian people. It addresses both the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health’s (CRCAH) research outcome to…

The next generation of workers in Australia: their views on organizations, work and rewards

• Author(s): Taylor, Jeannette
• Published: 2005
• Publisher: Indigenous Studies Summer Program on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Policy, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University

This study draws upon a small sample of university students in Australia to investigate how organizational preferences are related to different attitudes about work and reward. It extends past sectoral research to analyse both sectoral and organizational differences, and looks beyond individuals who are working in the sectors and organizations, to those who aspire to…

Web 2.0 for Aboriginal cultural survival: a new Australian outback movement

• Author(s): Corbett, J, Singleton, G, Muir, K
• Published: 2009

Jon Corbett, Guy Singleton and Kado Muir describe how a joint project with the Aboriginal Walkatjurra Cultural Centre in Australia, Curtin University of Technology and the University of British Columbia Okanagan have been exploring the use of Web 2.0 tools to help revitalize culture and enhance community development. This article explores how the use of…

Value Chain Analysis of Bush Tomato and Wattle Seed Products

• Author(s): Bryceson, KP
• Published: 2008
• Publisher: Desert Knowledge CRC

This report outlines a market analysis of the Australian bush tomato (Solanum centrale) and wattle seed (Acacia spp) products. The project was commissioned to explicitly characterise and map the Australian bush tomato and wattle seed value chains from production through to domestic distribution and final consumption, and to identify and evaluate high value market segments…

Northern Territory Domestic and Family Violence policy and practice: engagement through evaluation

• Author(s): Guenther, J, Falk, I
• Published: 2007

Evaluations have traditionally been used by funding bodies and others to justify the acquittal of funds at the conclusion of a project or to assess the project in terms of meeting a program’s objectives. An alternative view is of evaluations as participative processes. Through the participation, the direction of project activities can be influenced, good…