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Title: New pathways to a shared future Ms Jan Ferguson Managing Director Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre


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New pathways to a shared futureMs Jan
FergusonManaging Director Desert Knowledge
Cooperative Research Centre
  • United Nations Association of Australia
  • 28 August 2009
  • Brisbane

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Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre
(DKCRC)
  • Vision
  • The DKCRC is committed to
  • creating economic opportunities for desert
    people and
  • making a demonstrable difference for remote
    Aboriginal communities, and settlements
  • through the application of participatory research
    and training.

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Desert Knowledge CRC
  • Australias largest regionally based social,
    economic, and environmental research
    collaboration.
  • Approximately 250 researchers across 28 partner
    agencies working toward developing sustainable
    livelihoods for people.
  • Working with 70 remote communities

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The situation for Aboriginal Australians
(Productivity Commission 2009)
  • Life expectancy
  • Gap 12 years for males and 10 years for females
  • Young child mortality
  • Gap improved slightly, but remain 3 times below
    non-Aboriginal Australians
  • Reading, writing and numeracy
  • Gap widens over time, and as the degree of
    remoteness increases.
  • Year 12 attainment
  • Gap of 50 below non-Indigenous 19 year olds
  • Employment
  • Participation rate lower, and the unemployment
    rate higher

5
Aboriginal people in the NT
  • July 2007 Federal Government
  • NT Emergency Response (NTER)
  • the Intervention
  • October 2006 July 2008 NT Government
  • Introduction of 8 new Shires
  • July 2007 Local Government
  • Alcohol Laws restricting public drinking in NT
  • dry towns

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Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER)
October 2007
  • NTER was carried out in prescribed areas in the
    Northern Territory
  • encompasses more than 500 Aboriginal communities
    73 of the larger settlements were targeted for
    intense application of NTER measures.
  • Over 70 per cent of Aboriginal people in the NT
    live within prescribed areas.
  • NTER measures directly affect approximately
    45,500 Aboriginal men, women and children.

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Imagine You are an Aboriginal grandmother living
in a prescribed remote community in the Northern
Territory
  • You have grandchildren
  • Some go to school
  • You were a health worker before you retired
  • You live in and pay rent for an overcrowded house
    that is not properly maintained
  • You have only one public phone box in the
    community and it is often broken
  • Where you shop what you want to buy is
    controlled

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As an Aboriginal woman
  • You have grown up learning about your land, the
    law and your culture
  • You teach your grandchildren about their family,
    ancestors and country
  • You are strong in your traditional language
  • You are a strong member of your family

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The Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER)
  • Impact
  • Half your money is quarantined into an Income
    Management system
  • Your movements are managed
  • Your grandchildrens school lunch is compulsory
  • Where you shop is restricted
  • You are given a BasicsCard

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BasicsCard
  • Reality
  • You do not have more choice as not all stores
    where you want to spend are approved or are in
    your home location
  • You can only buy food, clothing, medicine, basic
    household items
  • You cannot spend at a second hand store and save
    money
  • You cannot use your BasicsCard for cash out,
    lay-by or book-up
  • You cannot spend more than 800 per day

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The challenge of Closing the Gaps
  • Requires a shift in community attitudes from a
    deficit model to a model supportive of
  • good communication,
  • choice and informed consent
  • open negotiation of the best way forward
  • understanding that this will take time

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Aboriginal Knowledge and Intellectual Protocol
Community Guide http//www.desertknowledgecrc.com.
au/socialscience/socialscience.html
Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi
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Good research checklist
  • Its OK for me to work on this research.
  • This research is OK with the community.
  • I am working with the visiting researcher.
  • I am getting paid.
  • I know the research will be useful.
  • I know the research will make a difference.
  • I know that I will get copies of the research.
  • I am being listened to.
  • I am being respected.
  • We have made a research agreement.

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Elements of successful initiatives
  • Attitude
  • Influenced by the goals, motivation and personal
    commitment of the Aboriginal people
  • Resources
  • Availability and access to resources
  • Time to plan, build genuine relationships,
    reflect and learn
  • Process
  • Development of local capacity where ever
    possible, and support providers knowing when to
    move on from dependence to independence

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New pathways to a shared future
  • Genuine engagement with Aboriginal people
  • On-the-ground programs that will fast-track
    economic participation
  • Effective two way communication of to targeted
    stakeholders and end-users

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Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre
  • www.desertknowledgecrc.com.au
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