Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse

Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse

Indigenous communities possess unique strengths but also face significant challenges. The challenges faced by some communities, such as poverty, unemployment, poor health, social dysfunction and violence, have not been addressed through traditional models of government service provision, which have failed to draw on the strengths of communities. In the past decade, Australian governments have i...

Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse

The issue of family violence in Indigenous communities across Australia has been described at various times over the past decade as a ‘national emergency’, ‘Australia’s Tsunami’, and a ‘national disgrace’ (Howard 2007; Lawrence 2002; Bamblett et al. 2002). It is not a ‘new’ issue: state commissioned inquiries and government reports, particularly since 1999, have found that Indigenous communitie...

Indigenous Justice Agreements

Over the last two decades, some Australian States and Territories have introduced Indigenous Justice Agreements (IJAs) and related strategic frameworks in the hope of addressing consistently high rates of Indigenous incarceration and improving justice service delivery to Indigenous people. Drawing on earlier research by the authors,3 this Research Brief provides an overview and analysis of the ...

What works? A review of actions addressing the social and economic determinants of Indigenous health (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse, AIHW)

Appendix B: Summary of assessed items (What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage: key learnings and gaps in the evidence 2009-10) (Closing the gap Clearinghouse, AIHW)