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Significance of Keating's Redfern speech to reconciliation 20 years on

29 May 2013, Melbourne
What impact did former Prime Minister The Honourable Paul Keating's Redfern speech have at the time of its delivery 20 years ago, and what human rights issues still need to be addressed?

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Significance of Keating's Redfern speech to reconciliation 20 years on

Greg McIntyre S.C. 'Mabo: a catalyst for social change'

15 May 2013
Practising barrister Mr Greg McIntyre S.C. examines how the Mabo case has affected the way in which Australia's indigenous inhabitants have been viewed. Audio recording is now available.

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Greg McIntyre S.C. 'Mabo: a catalyst for social change'

NCIS newsletter

The NCIS newsletter showcases the Centre's research, the achievements of its members, and its engagement with policy and community outreach initiatives. The latest issue is Issue 16, April 2013 (PDF 223.55KB).

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NCIS newsletter

Reducing Indigenous incarceration using Justice Reinvestment: an exploratory case study

NCIS Research Fellow, Dr Jill Guthrie, and colleagues have been awarded research funding through the Australian Research Council's Discovery Indigenous scheme.

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Reducing Indigenous incarceration using Justice Reinvestment: an exploratory case study

Serving our country: a history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the defence of Australia

A major new ARC Linkage project on Indigenous military history has been awarded more than $1 million and will be led jointly by NCIS and the Australian Centre for Indigenous History.

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Serving our country: a history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the defence of Australia

Enriching the scholarly and public understanding of Australian Indigenous cultures and histories

Welcome to NCIS

Acknowledgement of country

We acknowledge and celebrate the First Australians on whose traditional lands we meet, and pay our respects to the elders of the Ngunnawal people past and present.

Led by Professor Mick Dodson, NCIS promotes and initiates cross-disciplinary research and teaching in a wide range of areas of relevance to Indigenous Australians. Through this research, NCIS aims to deepen Australia's understanding of Indigenous cultures and histories and ensure Indigenous knowledge, perspectives and experiences are respected, valued, accessed and incorporated into all learning environments at ANU and beyond. NCIS staff and Higher Degree by Research (HDR) candidates are involved in a range of projects across the field of Indigenous studies.

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Recent publications & submissions

Guthrie, J. (2013) 'Senate inquiry into the value of a Justice Reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia,' submission to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitution Affairs inquiry into the value of a Justice Reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia, March 2013, pp15.

Guthrie, J. & Walter, M. 'The positioning of Indigenous Australians as health care recipients,' in C. Banwell, S. Ulijaszek & J. Dixon (eds), When culture impacts health: Global lessons for effective health research, Elsevier: London, Waltham, San Diego, 2013, 239 – 249.

Fogarty, B. (2012) 'Learning for the western world? The Indigenous education dilemma.' The Conversation.

J.A. Guthrie, K.M. Lokuge & M.H. Levy, 'Influenza control can be achieved in a custodial setting: Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and 2011 in an Australian prison.' Public Health XXX (2012) 1-6.

Fogarty, B. 2012: 'Indigenous education report misses the big picture.' The Conversation.

News

Welcome to new NCIS Research Officer

NCIS extends a warm welcome to Ms Corinne Walsh, our new Research Officer on the NCIS Justice Reinvestment and Citizens' Juries projects.

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NCIS HDR candidate wins Commonwealth Exchange fellowship

NCIS PhD candidate Mr Sam Curkpatrick has been succesful in gaining one of three Reciprocal Visiting Scholar Fellowships awarded to leading Commonwealth researchers working in the field of intercultural arts practices.

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Welcome to another new NCIS HDR candidate

Ms Magali McDuffie started a PhD with NCIS in March. Magali is a professional filmmaker and her research project looks at how three Nyikina sisters have influenced cultural actions and economic and self-determination initiatives at a local and national level.

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