Please add additional lines for each portfolio and research topic and include both commenced and planned topics
- Attorney-General's Department - AG
- Department of Environment and Water Resources - DEW
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations - DEWR
- Department of Education - DEST
- Department of Transport and Regional Services - DOTARS
- Department of Health and Aging - DoHA
- Family and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - FaCSIA
- Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination - OIPC
- Prime Minister and Cabinet - PMC
| Name of agency | Research title | Research Objective | Consultants name | Will the report be available to other cth depts | Expected completion date |
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| Attorney-General's Department and FaCSIA | Issues workshop and roundtable into Indigenous women and post-release issues | Report into post-release issues for Indigenous women | HREOC | TBD | June 2007 |
| Attorney-General's Department | Substance abuse and offending | Responding to substance use and offending in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities | AIC | Yes | June 2007 |
| Attorney-General's Department | Indigenous community capacity development | Indigenous community capacity development in the implementation of crime prevention strategies | Australian National University | TBD | June 2007 |
| Attorney-General's Department | Coronial recommendations | Report on coronial recommendations and their implementation | Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited, previously Many Rivers Aboriginal Legal Service | No | February 2007 |
| Attorney-General's Department | Work and Family Report | Employment opportunities for women in ATSILS | Barbara Pocock | No | September 2005 |
| Attorney-General's Department | Dealing with the world of work | Information regarding aspects of work affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women | Mandy Tibbey | No | March 2005 |
| Attorney-General's Department | Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and Australian juvenile justice systems | An investigation of the impact of early intervention strategies including diversionary practices aimed at preventing offending behaviour in Indigenous young people with a cognitive disability and/or mental health problems. | HREOC | Available on the HREOC website | 8 December 2005 |
| Attorney-General's Department | Cognitive Disabilities Project Follow-up | An investigation of the impact of early intervention strategies including diversionary practices aimed at preventing offending behaviour in Indigenous young people with a cognitive disability and/or mental health problems. | HREOC | TBD | June 2007 |
| National Native Title Tribunal | Background series | Intended to provide assistance to parties involved in native title claims. The reports can take a number of forms, including summary reports of the published literature on geographic areas associated with particular Indigenous groups, contact histories, and analyses of literature relating to rights and interests in land and waters. | Not applicable | No | Serial throughout the year (approx 30) |
| Australian Crime Commission - National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Task Force | Report on the Nature and Extent of Violence and Child Abuse in Indigenous Communities | Enhance the national understanding of the nature and extent of violence and child abuse in Indigenous communities | Mandy Carter | TBD | 2009 |
| Emergency Management Australia | National Emergency Management Strategy for Remote and Indigenous Communities: “Keeping Our Mob Safe”. | To produce a national emergency management strategy for remote Indigenous communities | Research provided by Vision Network Pty Ltd Judy Parker (EMA member of the Remote and Indigenous Communities Advisory Committee) | Yes once launched by the Attorney-General in May 2007 | May 2007 |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | Drug use careers of offenders | This was a national project that investigated current and lifetime offending and drug use amongst adult male and female prisoners, as well as juveniles in detention centres. Indigenous prisoners self reported offending and drug use histories were compared with non-Indigenous prisoners |
Research undertaken by AIC; funded by AGD |
at Australian Institue of Criminology website |
Completed 2005 |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | Policing implications of illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities | The objectives of this national project were to identify:
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Funded by the National Drug Law Enforcement Fund, research was undertaken by AIC in collaboration with Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
at Australian Institue of Criminology website |
Completed 2006 |
| Research into Indigenous victims of crime in the ACT justice system |
The objectives are to:
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Research being undertaken by AIC; funded by ACT government | To be agreed with client (ACT Government) | March 2007 | |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse | The Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse project will provide the resources needed by practitioners, policy makers and researchers in Indigenous justice program evaluations; identify the current projects being implemented around Australia relating to Indigenous ustice; present successful Indigenous justice interventions and lessons learned from projects; and focus on improving resource dissemination among the Indigenous justice community of practice | An AIC project being undertaken in collaboration with NSW Attorney General's Dept | Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse website | Launched November 2006 |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | Responding to substance use and of fending in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities | Stage 1 of this national project seeks to :
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Research being undertaken by AIC; funded by Attorney General's Department | To be agreed with client (AGD) | Mid-2007 |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | Reintegrating Indigenous offenders: recidivism among Indigenous Australians who have been imprisoned | This project aims to identify whether there are patterns of offending and particular demographic characteristics that are linked to recidivism among the population of Indigenous males imprisoned for violent offences, and if so, have formal interventions designed to stop re-offending and promote reintegration led to positive outcomes for this group of prisoners? | Research being undertaken by AIC; funded by states and territories through the Corrective Services Administrators' conference (CSAC) | To be agreed with client (CSAC) | Mid-2007 |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | Juveniles in Detention in Australia | The examination of long-term trends and patterns in the number and rate of juveniles in detention over time, as well as levels of Indigenous overrepresentation in juvenile detention | AIC core monitoring program |
at Australian Institue of Criminology website |
Ongoing monitoring program |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | Drug Use Monitoring in Australia program | The objectives of DUMA include the examination of the relationship between drugs and crime and the monitoring of local drug markets and of drug use patterns by detainees across time. | AIC core monitoring program | Indigenous male offending and substance use. | Ongoing monitoring program |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | National Deaths in Custody program | As part of the Australian Government's commitment to implementing the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, this program monitors the circumstances of all deaths in prison and police custody (and custody related police operations) and deaths in juvenile detention in Australia and examines the long-term trends and changes in deaths in custody in Australia. Comparisons are made between Indigenous and non-Indigenous deaths. |
AIC core monitoring program | Deaths in custody in Australia 1990-2004. Deaths in custody in Australia: 2005 National Deaths in Custody Program annual report. |
Ongoing monitoring program |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | National Homicide Monitoring program | The program collects and analyses information on all homicides (murder and manslaughter, but excluding driving causing death) in Australia. Details of offenders and victims include Indigenousstatus. | AIC core monitoring program | Homicide in Australia: 2003-2004 National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) annual report. | Ongoing monitoring program |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | National Police Custody Survey | Survey reports on: how many people go into and out of police cells over the course of one month; why people are placed in police custody; the types of offences associated with police custody; the length of time that people are in police custody; the proportions of incidents in which Indigenous people are involved; rates of Indigenous and non-Indigenous custody per population; and whether these patterns change over time. | AIC core monitoring program | 2002 National Police custody survey. | Ongoing monitoring program |
| Australian Federal Police | Indigenous Employment Strategy | To identify strategies to attract, engage and retain indigenous people within the AFP. During this project work was undertaken on identifying cultural issues impacting attraction, selection techniques, employment conditions and training/development requirements | This was conducted by internal staff | Happy to discuss current initiatives with other agencies. | Completed November 2006 |
| Name of agency | Research title | Research Objective | Consultants name | Will the report be available to other cth depts | Expected completion date |
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| Parks Australia North (PAN) Kakadu National Park (KNP) |
Impact of cane toads on goannas (Darwin R&S budget Part 4) | Park-wide monitoring of six goanna species potentially at-risk from the arrival of cane toads. | Charles Darwin University (CDU). | Completed. | |
| Landscape change project | Several research projects looking at different aspects of landscape change | Charles Darwin University (CDU) | Nearing completion | ||
| Fire plot surveys and fire mapping | Bush Fire Council (BFC) and KNP undertook 10 year review in November 2005. | Collaborative project between KNP and NT BFC | Ongoing | ||
| Satellite tracking of estuarine crocodiles (Darwin R&S Budget) | Research aimed at increasing knowledge of the movements of crocodiles to guide management of this species particular relating to managing risk in key visitor destinations. | Collaborative project between PAN, Wildlife Management International (WMI), NT Dept of Natural Resources, Environment & the Arts (NRETA) and CDU | Ongoing | ||
| Monitoring of Flat back turtles | 10 year monitoring program on marine turtle species. | Internal PAN project | Ongoing | ||
| Marine turtle survey report | Report on monitoring data and nest fate data | Tropical Savannah CRC & NAILSMA | Complete | ||
| Frog recording poles | Research aimed at assessing changes in frog populations due to cane toads | University of Queensland | Ongoing. | ||
| Marine Biodiversity Survey | Research aimed at understanding the distribution and abundance of marine species | Collaboration with National Oceans Office and NT Museum & PAN | Nearing completion | ||
| Acacia D19063 (Graveside Gorge) | Distribution survey and monitoring of populations | Collaboration with NT Parks and Wildlife & PAN | Ongoing. | ||
| Ecological-epidemiological models of feral swamp buffalo control in northern Australia | Buffalo - population dynamics and disease control | Collaboration between Charles Darwin University (CDU), Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation and PAN. | Ongoing. | ||
| Projects with research institutions below funded in kind | Interactions between magpie geese and Eleocharis | A study of how the number of water chestnuts bulbs changes over time, how these changes affect magpie geese and are in turn affected by the geese. | Charles Darwin University (CDU) | Ongoing | |
| Small mammal trapping including search for threatened golden-backed tree rat | Trapping of small mammals at selected known habitats for the golden - backed tree rat within Kakadu National Park | Collaborative project between PAN and NRETA | Ongoing | ||
| Monitoring of quolls | To determine whether quoll populations are affected by cane toads in the long-term. The northern quoll was listed as an endangered species in 2005 under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 and by the IUCN (World Conservation Union). |
Independent researcher Meri Oakwood's with some support from PAN. | Ongoing | ||
| ULURU - KATA TJUTA NATIONAL PARK (UKTNP) Cultural Resources |
UKTNP Fire and vegetation strategy | Includes case studies on indigenous fire knowledge within UKTNP as well as consultation with Traditional Owners | Ninti one | Complete 2006 | |
| Ara Irititja (stories from a long time ago) Archival Project. | Collection and documentation of written documents, photographs, film and tape recordings for inclusion in this multi-media database. Documentation of existing material in the database. | SA Museum support in house project | 2005 -ongoing | ||
| Oral History Program. | Recording, transcription, documentation and storage of oral history material. | In house, and consultant to be selected | ongoing | ||
| Research not directly budget funded by PAN (Parks Aust North) see below | |||||
| Effectiveness of new media technologies for indigenous cultural organisations and businesses and communities. | The UKTNP Cultural Sites Management System is used as a case study. | Megan Cardamone - PhD Candidate Deakin University. | ongoing | ||
| Ethno archaeological research. | Documenting the collection and processing of bush foods, extraction of starch grains, microscopic pieces of plant in order to better understand the archaeological record Fieldwork conducted with Anangu women in UKTNP and Katiti Land Trust. |
Dr Karen Hardy - University of Sydney | ongoing | ||
| Examining tourist perceptions and behaviours in relation to the Uluru Climb. | Dr Richard Baker, Australian National University. | ongoing | |||
| Investigating four World Heritage joint management models | Investigating different joint management models used by four structurally similar World Heritage Properties listed as 'cultural landscapes'. UKTNP is used as a case study. Researchers met with staff and traditional owners. | Assistant Professor Asa Nilson Dahlstrom, Carina Green and Professor Hugh Beach, Linkoping and Uppsala Universities Sweden. | ongoing | ||
| Documenting knowledge on the Mala (rufus hare wallaby) | Documenting traditional knowledge and perspectives on Mala and investigating diet and habitation of the Mala | Jim Platon (employee on leave one years leave) Masters UNE | commencing | ||
| Land Water & Coasts Natural Resource Management Policy Branch |
Akwè: Kon Guidelines | Participant as signatory to Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) | Available - CBD website |
Published | |
| Land Water & Coasts Division Coasts & Water Branch /Coastal Policy Section | Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Indigenous Engagement Project--Indigenous Cultural Indicators of Wetlands and Water Quality | 1) To record Indigenous knowledge and identify cultural indicators of wetlands and water quality water through three case studies in the Northern GBR Catchment 2) To develop a framework for Indigenous cultural indicators for wetlands and water quality for the GBR catchment. 3) To develop water quality and wetlands monitoring techniques for identified cultural indicators |
Balkanu Cape York Aboriginal Development Corporation | Yes | June 2007 |
| Sydney Harbour Federation Trust | Aboriginal Heritage Interpretation Research Project | Identify indigenous stories relevant to Sydney Harbour, particularly the Harbour Trust lands, which can be used to interpret Aboriginal heritage. | Amanda Burdon Available-Yes (through the Harbour Trust's Resource Centre) | Completed | November 2006 |
| Environment Quality Division Oil recycling section |
Barriers and Opportunities to Used Oil Collection in Remote Indigenous South Australia |
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Zero Waste SA | Completed | March 2006 |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - (GBRMPA) Conservation, Heritage and Indigenous Partnerships - CHIPs | Towards a culturally-appropriate framework for incorporating Traditional Knowledge into the management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park | To establish and implement a culturally appropriate framework and process to sensitively collect, store, and use TK in the management of the GBRWHA (includes cultural mapping). | TBA | Stage 1 (desktop research/ fieldwork) | July 07 |
| Marine Division, Director of National Parks Northern Territory Government, Northern Land Council, Indigenous communities of the Northern Territory |
Marine Biodiversity Survey of Inshore Waters of the South Eastern Van Diemen Gulf and North West Arnhem Land Between the Goulburn Islands and Castlereagh Bay, Northern Territory | To document the species composition of seagrass communities, fish assemblages and vertebrates through biological survey techniques integrated with Indigenous knowledge | Barry Russell (NT Government) |
Yes | Dec 2006 |
| Marine Division Dhimurru Land Management Aboriginal Corporation, North Australia Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA), Carpentaria Ghost Net Programme, Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory |
Research project on the impact of marine debris on marine turtle survival and behaviour | To examine the behaviour and survival of marine turtles released from entanglement in derelict fishing nets found in northeast Arnhem Land | Steve Roeger (Dhimurru Land Management Aboriginal Corporation) |
Yes | Dec 2007 |
| Marine Division North Australia Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University | Socio-economic study of Indigenous management of dugong and marine turtles | To understand, in a holistic sense, the social and economic contribution of dugong and marine turtle to Indigenous society and livelihoods including people's nutrition and well-being, monetary and exchange values to local economies, and totemic and cultural values. To understand the socio-economic factors that influence Indigenous people's behaviour and capacity to undertake contemporary management of dugong and marine turtle including - factors influencing levels of consumptive use - factors influencing capacity to protect and manage the resource |
Jon Altman | Yes - in part | Dec 2007 |
| Indigenous Heritage Management Section DEH/Heritage Division/ Heritage Management Branch/Indigenous Heritage Management Section |
Aboriginal Archaeological Survey: Waldaira-Juno Station | Research on Aboriginal archaeological and cultural values in and around Waldaira-Juno Station. | Indigenous Heritage Programme (IHP) grant issued to the Pappin Family Aboriginal Corporation | Sensitivity issues still need to be determined. | 30/06/2007 |
| Weld Ranges Identification Project | Identify and record the cultural significance and Indigenous heritage values of the Weld Ranges to support consideration for inclusion on the National Heritage List. | HP grant issued to Yamatji Marlpa Barna Baba Maaja Aboriginal Corporation | Sensitivity issues still need to be determined. | 30/06/2007 | |
| Aboriginal Sacred Sites/Areas Project - Desert Channels Region | This project aims to identify and record places in the DCQ region that have significant Aboriginal cultural heritage values. | IHP grant Desert Channels Queensland Inc | Sensitivity issues still need to be determined. | 30/06/2007 | |
| Yindjibarndi Cultural Mapping Project | Record, document, conserve, and interpret significant Aboriginal cultural sites in Yindjibarnde traditional country. | IHP grant issued to Juluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation | Sensitivity issues still need to be determined. | 30/06/2007 | |
| Natural Heritage Assessment Section Heritage/Heritage Assessment/ Natural Heritage Assessment (joint project with Parks Australia/Parks Australia South/ Indigenous Land Management) |
Indigenous engagement in north-western South Australia associated with a flora and fauna study | To obtain locational data on flora and fauna (especially invertebrates) in and near the Walalkara IPA and exchange information with Indigenous communities that may assist them in managing their land | Collaborative project with South Australian Museum and SA Department of Environment & Heritage | Yes, if required | June 2007 |
| Environment & Sustainable Reporting (E&SR) | State of Indigenous Cultural Heritage -A Survey of Indigenous Organisations | Survey of Indigenous organisations re cultural heritage for SoE 2006 | Open Mind Research Group | Yes, on the DEH SoE website | Completed |
| Commonwealth Environment Research |
| Name of agency | Research title | Research Objective | Consultants name | Will the report be available to other cth depts | Expected completion date |
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| Business Ready Program for Indigenous Tourism (BRPIT) Research Project | The BRPIT Research Project was designed to run in conjunction with the four year $3.8m BRPIT. The Project is a study of success and failure factors associated with Indigenous tourism businesses. Ongoing research outcomes are used to monitor the progress of the Program and for ongoing policy development in relation to Indigenous tourism. | Southern Cross University (Research students - a PhD and a Masters candidate) | Yes | The project commenced on 21 June 2005 and runs for the life of the BRPIT through to 30 June 2008 with completed research expected late in 2008. |
| Name of agency | Research title | Research Objective | Consultants name | Will the report be available to other cth depts | Expected completion date |
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| Indigenous Community Trusts Research Project | Undertake in-depth research into the nature and purpose of ICTs and to gather relevant information that could inform a reform process, with regard to their functioning and accountability. | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Yes, once information identifying particular ICTs is removed | January 2007 | |
| 2005 Employer Survey | Employers recruitment experiences in the previous 12 months, perceptions and use of Job Network and AJS and Attitudes towards hiring particular groups such as people with a disability and Indigenous people | Wallis Consulting | Main report is already publicly available on the department's website. Topic papers relating to analysis on employers attitudes to hiring indigenous people will be completed by end February 2007 but will not be made publicly available | February 2007 |
| Name of agency | Research title | Research Objective | Consultants name | Will the report be available to other cth depts | Expected completion date |
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| Primary Connections indigenous perspective consultative and scoping research | The Primary Connections project aims to build primary students' knowledge and understanding of science while also focusing on the development of their literacy skills. Indigenous consultative research will act as a guide for schools and teachers to implement indigenous perspectives that are integrated and embedded, in order to foster improved science and learning outcomes for indigenous students. |
Ms Robyn Bull, Academy of Science | Yes, by request on completion | End 2007 | |
| Achievement of Australia's Early Secondary Indigenous Students: Findings from TIMSS 2003. (TIMSS Australia Monograph no. 10) Sue Thomson, Pippa McKelvie, Hanna Murnane. Melbourne: ACER. | Examines Indigenous student achievement, and factors influencing that achievement, in an international assessment of Year 8 students in science and mathematics conducted in 2002/03 | Australian Council for Educational research (ACER) (Note that DEST provided funding to Acer to conduct Timss 2002/03 in Australia but this particular report was not produced under contract to DEST) |
Available online at ACER website TIMSSAustMono10Indigenousreport.pdf (Note that this report was not produced in hard copy) |
Published on ACER website December 2006 |
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| Engaging Remote and Very Remote Indigenous Students with Education using ICTs | To demonstrate, via an action research project, effective strategies and practices using ICT and innovative online learning materials to engage remote and very remote Indigenous students with learning for improved educational outcomes | Charles Darwin University | Yes | December 2007 | |
| Investigation into the current provision of indigenous language programmes in Australian schools | The project aims to improve the sustainability and quality of indigenous language programmes delivered in Australian schools, and to promote good practice nationally. The final report will provide a snapshot of the current national situation in indigenous languages education. examples of good practice will be identified and evaluated and recommendations made for a further phase of action. | Australian council for educational research | Yes | 31 July 2007 | |
| Supporting indigenous students' achievement in numeracy | To investigate appropriate methods of assessment and recording of student achievement in numeracy in the middle years among indigenous students in remote locations | Northern territory department of employment, education & training, northern territory catholic education office and the association of independent schools of the northern territory in partnership with RMIT university | The report is available publicly on the DEST website | Completed in 2005 | |
| Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
Department of Transport and Regional Services - DOTARS
No Indigenous research undertaken
| Name of agency | Research title | Research Objective | Consultants name | Will the report be available to other cth depts | Expected completion date |
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| Special groups of people with Dementia - Indigenous people with Dementia | To provide an extensive literature review of dementia in Indigenous people including risk factors, types of dementia, and the perceptions of Indigenous people of dementia in rural and urban settings | UNSW Collaborative Research Centre | Yes | December 2007 | |
| Validation of the Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment Tool in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities of the Northern Territory | To validate the efficacy of the assessment tool in a group of older people from Indigenous backgrounds in the Northern Territory and determine its appropriateness as an assessment tool for this group, and whether modifications to the tool are required. | Alzheimer's Australia NT | Yes | June 2007 | |
| Mapping of the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Home and Community Care Workforce | To determine the size and demographic make-up of the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HACC workforce, and examine issues relating to recruitment, retention, training, skills qualification levels, patterns of work and funding for staff so as to inform policy development to support this workforce. | Gevers Goddard Jones Pty Ltd | Yes | Feb 2007 | |
| Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society National Centre in HIV Social Research |
Prioritising the research agenda in Indigenous sexual health 2001-2005 Assessing Indigenous sexual risk 2003-2005 Indigenous Futures: sex, drugs and medications 2003-2005 HIV Futures: Indigenous cohort report 2000-2005 Indigenous sexual and reproductive health: Insights from the Australian Study of Health Relationships - 2005-2006 Indigenous gay men and the experience of homophobia and sexual violence 2000-2006 Assessing the requirements for a national survey of Indigenous sexual risk 2004-2007 Indigenous Futures: sex, drugs and medications 2005-2007 HIV Futures Indigenous cohort report 2000-2007 Evidence base for STI/BBV prevention and treatment for Koori people in prison 2006-2007 Assessing the workforce and training needs of primary health care services in the identification assessment, treatment and referral of Indigenous survivors of sexual violence 2007-2009 Recognising and responding to Hepatitis C in Indigenous communities in Victoria 2006-2007 Resilience and risk factors in Indigenous men's introduction to injecting while incarcerated 2005-2007 Comparisons of experiences of Aboriginal people with HIV in urban and rural settings in Western Australia 2004-2005 SEARCH: Study of environment on Aboriginal resilience and child health 2006-2009 Study of Cancer in Aboriginal people 2005-2007 |
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| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access to Major Health Programs | To provide an up-to-date picture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' access to major health programs | Urbis Keys Young | Yes | 2006 | |
| Review of the NT DMO bulk billing project | To review the arrangement between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services allowing Medicare bulk billing in agreed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in remote locations | Kristine Battye Consulting Pty Ltd | No | 2006 | |
| Review of the North QLD bulk billing project | To review the arrangement between the Commonwealth and Queensland Health allowing Medicare bulk billing in agreed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in agreed locations | Kristine Battye Consulting Pty Ltd | No | 2006 | |
| Medicare Modelling Study | To gain a greater understanding of the factors impacting on Medicare billing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services throughout Australia | Tender process not yet complete | 2007 | ||
| Expenditures on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2004-05 | To identify relative expenditures between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to inform health policy | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | Yes | 2007 | |
| Overview of the APY Swimming Pools Project | Assess the feasibility of carrying out an evaluation of the sustainability and benefits of four swimming pools being built in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands; design a methodology to conduct the evaluation that will build on and be comparable with the evaluation of swimming pools in Western Australia undertaken by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research; prepare a final report, including the cost of carrying out the methodology. | Health Care Planning and Evaluation Pty Ltd` | Yes | 2007 | |
| Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit. The Department funds the Onemda Unit but individual research projects are not directly funded by the Department. |
The Department funds Onemda to develop a research program in Aboriginal health that contributes to long-term improvement in Aboriginal health. This thematically organised program of research address research priorities identified by Aboriginal people and organisations and other stakeholders in Aboriginal health policy and practice. The outcomes of this research program inform the development of Aboriginal health policy and health service delivery and the education of health practitioners. Research projects can be found at: Onemda website |
Ondemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit | Yes | 2007-2010 | |
| Telethon Institute for Child Health Research The Department co-ordinates Australian Government funding for this project. Other funders include the Department of Education, Science and Training, Department of Family and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Attorney-General's Department |
To conduct and publish results from the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey. Five volumes of research are planned. Four volumes have been published to date as follows:
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Telethon Institute for Child Health Research | Yes | 2007 | |
| Co-operative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH) | The Department is an industry partner in the CRCAH. Research projects co-ordinated by the CRCAH can be found at: CRCAH website |
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| 2005 National Drugs Campaign - Indigenous youth survey | To obtain post-campaign impact of information about illegal drugs | The Social Research Centre and the Cultural and Indigenous Research Centre Australia (CIRCA) | Report available at: National Drugs Campaign website | 2006 |
| Name of agency | Research title | Research Objective | Consultants name | Will the report be available to other cth depts | Expected completion date |
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| 'Foot prints in time' - The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children | The Australian Government has committed $12m over 4 years to the implementation of a Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC). The study aims to collect a broad range of information in the domains of health, education, childcare, wellbeing and family functioning of Indigenous people across Australia. By following children over time, LSIC would be able to determine the individual, family, and broader community and cultural factors that are associated with consistency and change in children's developmental trajectories. | A Steering Committee has been established to work in partnership with FaCSIA and to ensure research excellence for the project. | The study aims to provide a data resource that can be drawn on by Australian governments, researchers, service providers, parents and communities. | Pilot data is currently being collected with formal Wave 1 data collection beginning in the first part of 2008. | |
| The growing up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children: A Literature Review | This literature review was commissioned as part of Footprints in Time-The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children, to consolidate what is already known about Indigenous children, and to highlight what information is missing. It considers the data available for understanding the care giving environment of Indigenous children, and child-specific topics such as early childhood, the school years and pathways outside of school. |
Professor Robyn Penman | Published as part of the FaCSIA Occasional Paper Series (Number 15) | November 2006 | |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander views on research in their communities. | This paper is based on the minutes taken during extensive consultations with urban, regional and remote Indigenous communities across Australia during 2003-04 for Footprints in Time-The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. The goal of the consultations was to ensure that the research project was designed to genuinely benefit Indigenous people. The report contains all the comments made and questions asked by the participants in the consultation meetings. | Professor Robyn Penman | Published as part of the FaCSIA Occasional Paper Series (Number 16) | November 2006 | |
| Growing up in the Torres Strait region: A report from the Footprints in Time trials. | This paper documents the experiences of growing up in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula area using the stories and photos of local people. The stories were collected during the trial phase of Footprints in Time-The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children in 2005. | Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health in collaboration with the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. | Published as part of the FaCSIA Occasional Paper Series (Number 17) | November 2006 | |
| Housing Policy & Support Branch | An audit and review of local and international Indigenous Housing Research. | This project aims to critically review the literature on Indigenous Housing in Australia with a view to (a) conceptualising the body of knowledge on the subject in theoretically broad and practical, policy relevant ways, and (b) identifying gaps and unresolved issues that have a direct bearing on the establishment of a reasonable quality residential lifestyle for Indigenous people. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Will be available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Due for completion in 2006. |
| Best practices models for effective consultation towards improving built environment outcomes for remote Indigenous communities. | Documents current best practices with regard to indigenous community consultation methods and examines means for improving relevant practices and procedures between service providers and communities. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Completed in April 2005. | |
| Between Places: Indigenous mobility in discrete and rural settlements. | This research carried out a combination of statistical and field-based research on the residential mobility of Indigenous people in selected discrete and rural communities in order to quantify and contextualise their mobility patterns. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Completed in May 2006. | |
| Flexible housing design for Indigenous communities. | This project is a response to the need for a culturally appropriate and locally adjustable framework of design guidelines and capacity building tools for Indigenous housing in provincial and remote Australia. The project will examine the way Indigenous people use their homes to meet their cultural and social requirements. The project will produce a design manual, design exemplars, and capacity building material to support the local implementation of the National Indigenous Housing Design Guide. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Will be available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Positioning paper due mid-2007. | |
| Framework for evaluating Building a Better Future: Indigenous Housing to 2010. | This proposal aims to develop an evaluation framework to assess the implementation process and outcomes of Housing Ministers' 10 year Statement of New Directions for Indigenous Housing - Building a Better Future: Indigenous Housing to 2010. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Completed March 2005. | |
| Indigenous housing - assessing the long term costs and the optimal balance between recurrent and capital expenditure. | An analysis of the long-term costs of providing Indigenous specific housing across Australia compared with mainstream social housing and assessment of how to balance recurrent and capital expenditure within Indigenous housing programs across Australia to optimise the use of available resources. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Completed May 2006. | |
| Indigenous Access to Mainstream Public and Community Housing. | Investigates the reasons underpinning the level of representation of Indigenous people in mainstream public and community housing programs. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Completed July 2005. | |
| Scoping the capacity of Indigenous Community Housing Organisations. | This project aims to examine the nature of the Indigenous Community Housing Organisation sector, measuring the main financial and non-financial factors that affect the viability of these organisations. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Will be available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Project status report due early 2007. | |
| Scoping the capacity of Indigenous community housing organisations - Victorian extension. [Planned] |
This project is an extension of the current Scoping the capacity of Indigenous Community Housing organisations project to include Victoria in the fieldwork. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Will be available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Due for completion early 2008. | |
| Sustainable tenancy for Indigenous families: what services and policy supports are needed? | Maps the housing history and housing service use of Indigenous women and children in Brisbane and Darwin from a qualitative perspective to assess the pathways surrounding homelessness and sustainable tenancy, the relevant structural and service barriers and best practice models of service coordination. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Completed February 2005. | |
| The Housing Careers of Indigenous Urban Households. | This qualitative ethnographic study of the housing careers of extended kin groups of Indigenous Australians seeks to understand why and how their housing moves have occurred; how these moves can be correlated with their housing aspirations; and how such factors as life stage, employment, family and community responsibilities, and knowledge and availability of housing assistance and other supports have affected their housing careers. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Will be available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Positioning paper due early 2007. | |
| The effects of New Living on Indigenous community wellbeing: a case study on urban regeneration. | Analyses the impact of a public housing regeneration programme in WA upon indigenous households in urban communities and will develop indicators of the links between housing and quality of life culturally appropriate to Indigenous people. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Will be available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Due for completion in 2006. | |
| Sustaining high risk tenancies in public and private rental housing and the interface between program funders and community service organisations. [Planned] |
The aim of this project is to improve our understanding of the operation of programs in public and private rental housing designed to sustain tenancies at risk and of the factors that contribute to their effectiveness. The project seeks to describe, compare and analyse the operation of tenancy support programs across jurisdictions and between rental sectors (public and private). Its focus is on the interface between program funders and service providers and the ways in which providers deliver services to their clients. | Carried out through the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited (AHURI). | Will be available publicly through the website of AHURI. | Due for completion late 2007. | |
| Indigenous Australians - Thematic Report. | Analyses a range of Indigenous specific data contained in the SAAP (Supported Accommodation and Assistance Program) National Data Collection. | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). | Yes. | June 2007. | |
| Indigenous Homelessness in Australia. | A national consultation on Indigenous Homelessness conducted in early 2005 prepared for the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Homelessness (CACH) as part of the National Homelessness Strategy (NHS). | FaCSIA (Rex Direen, main author) on behalf of CACH. | Yes. | Will be published in January 2007. | |
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| NB: All of the following 3 research projects are, or have been, undertaken as part of the National Youth Affairs Research Scheme (NYARS), which is jointly funded by Australian, State and Territory governments. The FaCSIA Youth Bureau represents the Australian Government's interests on the NYARS scheme. | |||||
| Community Building Through Intergenerational Exchange Programs | The research explored the active participation of young people in economic and social life, and the promotion of positive achievements and image of young people in the context of intergenerational activities.
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Murdoch University | Yes | August 2006 (completed) | |
| Barriers to Service For Pregnant Young Women and Mothers | The purpose of the research is to determine the barriers to service use experienced by young pregnant women and mothers.
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Research Centre for Gender and Health, University of Newcastle | Yes | May 2007 | |
| Diversity in Young People's Participation in Government and Community Decision-making | Provide a framework for best practice youth participation models that facilitates the involvement of young people from diverse communities Provide advice on the enabling attitudes, structures and conditions that ensure young people's engagement is meaningful and sustainable.
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Cultural & Indigenous Research Centre Australia (CIRCA) | Yes | July 2008 | |
| Family Relationship Services Branch | Evaluation of the Family Violence Regional Activities Programme (FVRAP) | Assess the effectiveness of the program and the best means by which any future program might support local communities to address family violence | Courage Partners | Currently on the FaCSIA internet site. | Completed May 2005 |
| Homelessness Policy and Assistance | Indigenous Homelessness in Australia | A national consultation on Indigenous Homelessness conducted in early 2005 prepared for the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Homelessness (CACH) as part of the National Homelessness Strategy (NHS) | Rex Direen | yes | Will be published in January 2007 |
| Child Support Policy Branch | Child support outcomes for Indigenous families | To address a gap in research examining the interaction of Indigenous families with the child support and family law system and for ongoing program monitoring and policy development. | Not yet gone to tender. Research proposed to be undertaken in 2nd half of 2007. |
Still to be determined. | Early 2008 |
| Childcare Services and Support Branch | Towards an Indigenous Child Care Plan | The objective of the consultations were:
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Edith Cowan University | No | April 2007 |
| Needs analysis of the childcare professional support needs | IPSUs, which have been appointed to meet the professional support and training needs of Indigenous-run child care services, will conduct a needs analysis to determine the specific professional support and training needs of staff in Indigenous-run child care services in their region. The needs analysis is ongoing and is reported annually to inform an annual professional support and training implementation plan. |
Indigenous Professional Support Units (internal) | No | Ongoing | |
| Children's Policy & Program Branch | Evaluation of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2000 - 2004 (4 papers) |
The overall objective of the evaluation of the Strategy is to understand what works for whom and why in relation to strategic interventions designed to strengthen families and communities. | RMIT UNIVERSITY C.I.R.C.L.E. (Collaborative Institute for Research, Consulting & Learning in Evaluation) |
Early 2007 | |
| Lessons Learnt about Strengthening Indigenous Families and Communities: What's Working and What's Not | Will be made public when finalised | ||||
| Hervey Bay Indigenous Leadership Project | Will be made public when finalised. | ||||
| Mandurah Targeted Region | Will be made public when finalised. | ||||
| A Case Study of the Mukulyanytjulu Walykumunu Kaniyinma Project in the Ngaanyatijarra Lands | Approval is still being sought to allow the document to be released to the public. | ||||
| Australian Institute of Family Studies |
| Name of agency | Research title | Research Objective | Consultants name | Will the report be available to other cth depts | Expected completion date |
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| Mobility and migration in the East Kimberly | To ascertain whether further research in the area of mobility is required. | Gary Johns ACIL Tasman | No | September 2006 | |
| Performance and Information Planning. | Implementation of Agreements and Treaties with Indigenous and Local Peoples in Postcolonial States. | The ARC process ensures that projects are high quality and viable across the proposed time frame. The Researcher maintains intellectual property rights on the research. FaCSIA provides expertise in all cases and funding in some cases. The aim of the project is to conduct research into agreement making processes, including factors associated with promoting long-term sustainability of agreements and to expand the ATNS database. |
University of Melbourne ARC Linkage project with OIPC and Rio Tinto. | Yes | Reports will be released throughout project. Please refer to atns website |
| Performance and Information Planning. | Understanding and developing effective governance in Indigenous communities | Indigenous Community Governance: Understanding, Building and Sustaining Effective Governance in Rural, Remote and Urban Indigenous Communities. ARC linkage grant. |
Reconciliation Australia and CAEPR | Yes | 2007 |
| Performance and Information Planning. | DKCRC was set up to provide research to generate new economic options for desert Australian. | DKCRC aims to enhance scientific and technological capabilities and support scientific research in higher education institutions, CSIRO and other Commonwealth and State Government research organisations and in the private sector; and encourage applications of science and technology in industry. | Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre (DKCRC) | Yes | Reports will be released throughout project. Please refer to Desert Knowledge website |
| Performance and Information Planning. | MCATSIA Populations Projects | CAEPR have been contracted for 3 years to conduct 4 inter-related projects on Indigenous demographic patterns and mobility including the development of a specialised Census survey tool to monitor and measure mobility patterns. | CAEPR | Yes | Reports will be released throughout project. MCATSIA website Project will run 2007/08 to 2009/10. |
Prime Minister and Cabinet
No Indigenous research undertaken