National policy-making in indigenous affairs: blueprint for an indigenous review council
By: Chesterman, John.
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ArticlePublisher: 2008Description: p.419-29.Subject(s): Indigenous populations - Australia | Indigenous populations
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Australian Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: This article examines the dearth of any representative Indigenous role in national Indigenous affairs policy-making and suggests a remedy. After making the case for a specific Indigenous place in national policy-making, the article considers the reasons for the failure of the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), the body that filled this brief for a decade and a half. The article then considers three possible ways of ensuring an Indigenous role in the policy-making process: a replacement of ATSIC with specific policy powers; set seats for Indigenous representatives in federal parliament; and the creation of a new elected body whose role would be to review Indigenous affairs legislation. The article concludes that the latter proposal in particular is worth trialing as it would ensure a significant Indigenous voice in national policy-making while learning from the mistakes that led to ATSIC's demise. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 67, Issue no: 4 | Available | AR81641 |
This article examines the dearth of any representative Indigenous role in national Indigenous affairs policy-making and suggests a remedy. After making the case for a specific Indigenous place in national policy-making, the article considers the reasons for the failure of the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), the body that filled this brief for a decade and a half. The article then considers three possible ways of ensuring an Indigenous role in the policy-making process: a replacement of ATSIC with specific policy powers; set seats for Indigenous representatives in federal parliament; and the creation of a new elected body whose role would be to review Indigenous affairs legislation. The article concludes that the latter proposal in particular is worth trialing as it would ensure a significant Indigenous voice in national policy-making while learning from the mistakes that led to ATSIC's demise. - Reproduced.
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