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Letter to the Minister for the Environment, Senator Murray Watt On July 2, 2025, the Executive Director of The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, wrote to the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator Murray Watt. The letter...

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The relevance of Commonwealth of Australia v. Yunupingu to the ACT With the High Court of Australia set to hand down a judgement in the matter of Commonwealth of Australia v. Yunupingu (on behalf of the Gumatj Clan or Estate Group) & Ors...

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Submission to the Strategic Review of kunanyi/Mount Wellington The Australia Institute Tasmania welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Strategic Review of Kunanyi/Mount Wellington and to respond to the discussion paper, A...

by Eloise Carr

October 1, 2024

Submission: Inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system A submission to the inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system, summarising an earlier Australia Institute report....

by Bill Browne

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Misinformation and the referendum New research from the Australia Institute shows more than 60 per cent of ‘No’ voters are concerned about the misinformation and disinformation that circulated on social...

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Why the Australia Institute Supports The Voice to Parliament The Voice will deliver on the call made in the Uluru Statement from the Heart. It will enrich our democracy and help make Australia a more just nation.

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Submission: Administration of the Voice referendum The Australia Institute made a submission to the inquiry into the administration of the referendum into an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice....

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Polling: Voice to Parliament Polling in Mackellar reveals a majority of voters plan to vote for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the upcoming election. uComms were commissioned on behalf of the...

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Polling – Voice to Parliament in the Constitution Key results The Australia Institute surveyed nationally representative samples of about 1,000 Australians in June and July 2022 about their attitudes towards a...

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April 19, 2022

An Easter Reflection Thoughts on the Death and Life of a young Warlpiri Man

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Remote access Guiding principles for a new livelihood and work program in remote Indigenous Australia

by Jon Altman, Elise Klein, Francis Markham and Zoe Staines

June 3, 2021

Why the Scarborough LNG development cannot proceed Conservation Council of Western Australia and the Australia Institute

by Mark Ogge

March 23, 2021

Unfinished Business in the ACT Truth-telling about Aboriginal land rights and native title in the ACT

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Raising the age of criminal responsibility

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Comes with the territory: Ensuring fair political representation for Northern Territorians – and all Australians Australia’s federal parliamentarians have never been so thinly spread. Whereas at Federation there were 51,000 Australians per House of Representatives MP, there are now...

by Bill Browne

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HeatWatch – Extreme heat in the Kimberley Increases in extreme heat events in the Kimberley region will have severe impacts on the wellbeing of people in the region, particularly indigenous communities. It will also...

by Audrey Quicke

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Remote control: The Community Development Program, remote Australia’s Work for the Dole scheme The Community Development Program (CDP) is remote Australia’s Work for the Dole (WFD) and “job assistance” scheme. In place since 2015, it operates across almost 75 percent...

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Dollar dreaming: A literature review of economic assessments of indigenous social investment Developing northern Australia is a priority for the Turnbull Government, like many governments before it. The focus of these efforts is often on capital-intensive major...

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Equality Speaks

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Comparing Native Title and Anglo-Australian Land Law

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Public Expenditure on Services for Indigenous People: Education, Employment, Health and Housing This study comprises a comprehensive assessment of public spending on education, employment, health and housing services for indigenous Australians compared with...

by Max Neutze, Will Sanders, 2 and Giff Jones

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Indigenous Property Rights: New developments in planning and valuation In April 1997 the Australia Institute published Native Title: Implications for land management (Discussion Paper No. 11). It was highly successful, with hundreds of copies...

by John Sheehan and Ed Wensing

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Native Title: Implications for land management The native title debate has been one of the most acrimonious and divisive political debates in Australia’s history. The historic task of reconciliation requires a just...

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Mining in Kakadu: Lessons from Coronation Hill This paper considers the implications for the proposed uranium mine at Jabiluka of the Resource Assessment Commission's inquiry into mining at Coronation Hill, also within...

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Public Expenditure on Services for Indigenous People: Education, Employment, Health and Housing This study comprises a comprehensive assessment of public spending on education, employment, health and housing services for indigenous Australians compared with...

Indigenous Property Rights: New developments in planning and valuation In April 1997 the Australia Institute published Native Title: Implications for land management (Discussion Paper No. 11). It was highly successful, with hundreds of copies...

Native Title: Implications for land management The native title debate has been one of the most acrimonious and divisive political debates in Australia’s history. The historic task of reconciliation requires a just...

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