Self-determination: Helping Aboriginal families to realise the ideal

Claiming our future

Woorabinda Aboriginal Council

This article describes some of the Community Development Employment Projects Scheme (CDEP) work initiatives taking place in Woorabinda, a thriving remote Aboriginal community about 170 km south-west of Rockhampton in Queensland's central highlands. 

Aboriginal families and ATSIC

This paper begins by presenting statistics on Aboriginal families derived from the 1986 Census, then discusses how the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) is developing a National Family Strategy. 

Superannuation and divorce in Australia

Findings from a recent Institute study show that most divorcing couples fail to consider superannuation in the division of property.