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    The Portrayal of Indigenous Health in Selected Australian Media

    It is acknowledged that health outcomes for Australian Indigenous peoples are lower than those of non-Indigenous Australians. Research suggests negative media in relation to...
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    Gender Gaps in Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: Australian Regional Compari...

    International literature clearly demonstrates the potential for gender-based inequalities to constrain development processes. In the United Nations Development Programme...
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    Modernising Water: Articulating Custom in Water Governance in Australia and E...

    The modernisation of water governance, which can entail resource commoditisation and privatisation, requires the reformation of water allocation institutions. In many parts of...
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    Success in Closing the Socio-Economic Gap, But Still a Long Way to Go: Urban ...

    The research presented in this article is based on a four-year place-based qualitative case study of Aboriginal success in addressing Aboriginal disadvantage in the Australian...
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    Apologies to Indigenous Peoples in Comparative Perspective

    Australia, Canada, and the United States formally apologized to their Indigenous peoples in February 2008, June 2008, and December 2009, respectively. The Indigenous peoples in...
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    Processes of Native Nationhood: The Indigenous Politics of Self-Government

    Over the last three decades, Indigenous peoples in the CANZUS countries (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States) have been reclaiming self-government as an...
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    Transforming Tourists and "Culturalising Commerce": Indigenous Tourism at Baw...

    There is currently an increasing interest in Indigenous tourism in Australia. Policies in Australia often use the rhetoric of sustainability, but position Indigenous tourism as...
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    Priority Setting in Indigenous Health: Why We Need an Explicit Decision Makin...

    Indigenous Australians have significantly poorer health outcomes than the non-Indigenous population worldwide. The Australian government has increased its investment in...
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    Mutual Incomprehension: The Cross Cultural Domain of Work in a Remote Austral...

    This article is set within the context of concerns about Indigenous workforce participation disadvantage. It discusses conflicting life-worlds relating to work of both...
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    Being Indigenous in the Bureaucracy: Narratives of Work and Exit

    Australia’s civil service has had some success in attracting substantial numbers of Indigenous employees. But significant numbers also regularly exit the bureaucracy. Retaining...