Consultations are beginning around the future of social security payments in remote Australia.

This is an opportunity to assess what went wrong in the existing Community Development Program, and to consider a more effective, caring and creative approach to supporting the health, wellbeing, and economic aspirations of Indigenous peoples in remote areas.

Authors: Zoe Staines, Jon Altman, Elise Klein, Francis Markham

Written with assistance from Michael Dillon, Lisa Fowkes, John Quiggin, and Will Sanders