Social justice report / Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

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Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commission
Call Number
Nq 328.94 AUS
Created/Published
Sydney : Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1999-2012
Issue
2008, PP no. 69 of 2009
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Contents

2008 Social Justice Report 1 , 2
2008 Social Justice Report Report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner to the Attorney General as required by section 46C (1) (a) Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
Contents 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13
Recommendations 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19
Chapter 1 Introduction 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34
Chapter 2 An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander human rights protection framework for the 21st century Part 1: Introduction 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46
Part 2: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: a framework for Australian Indigenous rights protection 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59
Part 3: A Human Rights Act for Australia: Recognising and protecting Indigenous rights 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81
Part 4: Constitutional reform 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96
Part 5: A National Indigenous Representative Body 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102
Part 6: Unfinished business: A framework for negotiation 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107
Part 7: Building a culture of human rights 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112
Part 8: Conclusions and recommendations 113 , 114
Chapter 3 Remote Indigenous education Part 1: Introduction 115 , 116 , 117
Part 2: Setting the scene - the challenge of delivering a quality educational service in remote Australia 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125
Part 3: School and community partnerships 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139
Part 4: The best and brightest teachers and leaders 140 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155
Part 5: Early childhood education 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161
Part 6: Education as the key to other life chances 162 , 163
Part 7: Conclusion and recommendations 164 , 165
Chapter 4 Beyond the Apology - an agenda for healing Part 1: Introduction 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171
Part 2: Understanding Healing 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186
Part 3: Examples of healing programs in Australia 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196
Part 4: Learning from the Canadian healing journey 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205 , 206
Part 5: A national Indigenous healing body 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216
Part 6: Conclusion and recommendations 217 , 218
Chapter 5 Progress towards achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation - an update on efforts to 'Close the Gap' Part 1: Introduction 219 , 220
Part 2: A reform agenda to achieve health equality for Indigenous peoples within a generation 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246 , 247
Part 3: Securing health equality within a generation 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257
Part 4: Conclusion 258
Appendix 1 Chronology of events relating to the administration of Indigenous affairs, 1 July 2007 - 30 June 2008 259 , 260 , 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287 , 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 300 , 301
Appendix 2 A statistical overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332
Appendix 3 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy (AEP)1 333 , 334
Appendix 4 'Accessible' and 'available' 335 , 336 , 339 , 340

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