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New Article by Brendan Darcy

Open Labour Markets would solve Aboriginal Unemployment

"Recently the ABS released its annual employment statistics on Indigenous employment for 2009 and they didn't make pretty reading..."

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Read Jon Altman's response here.

New Article by Wesley Aird

Rugby league must tackle racist attitudes

"Inter-code rivalry can be just as fierce as the clashes on the playing field. As unpalatable as it may seem, it is time for the ARL and NRL to learn a thing or two from the AFL and to raise the standards of acceptable behaviour on the field and off the field, for players and supporters.

Fail to do this and the fans and their money will go elsewhere..."

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Indigenous Education 2010: New CIS Policy Monograph

Indigenous Education 2010 analyses trends in Indigenous schooling. There has been no improvement for a decade.

The government's target for Indigenous education has slipped from 1997's 'fix all the problems by 2002' to today's' 'fix half the problems by 2018'. Even if the Prime Minister's target of halving the gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous student's achievement rates by 2018 is achieved, Indigenous failure rates will still be more than 30% higher than non-Indigenous failure rates.

Access the PDF here.