The Family Wellbeing Program has decades of evidence backing it to help Indigenous people live better lives. Here’s how it works.
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Noel Pearson has accused the ABC of racism in dwelling on indigenous alienation. But many advances in the status of Aboriginal Australians have been prompted by revealing ill-treatment, which is why Ms Dhu’s family want footage of her last hours made public.
Chair of the Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, told Q&A that $30 billion is spent every year on 500,000 Indigenous people in Australia. Is that right?
Sarah Hanson-Young told Q&A that Indigenous children are currently ten times more likely to be living out of home. Is that right?
Income management was first applied to Indigenous communities before being implemented more widely. The Healthy Welfare Card policy appears to be on this same path.
Divorce rates are on the decline in Australia, people are marrying and having children later in life, and more of us live alone. Our experts respond to the new report on Australia’s welfare.
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Kath McFarlane Consulting & Adjunct Associate Professor, The Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Advisor, Author and Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Research Assistant, The University of Western Australia
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Honorary Professor of Demography, Macquarie University
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Professor of Indigenous Research, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Socio-Legal Research and Policy, University of Sydney
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Researcher, College of Arts Society and Education, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
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Professorial Research Fellow, Jawun Research Institute, CQUniversity Australia; James Cook University
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ARC Discovery Indigenous Award Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, CQUniversity Australia