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Visiting women from the South Fly selling their crafts in an informal market on Boigu Island in the Torres Strait. Author provided

April 12, 2020

Destitution on Australia’s hardening border with PNG – and the need for a better aid strategy

Mark Moran, The University of Queensland

Australia has been tightening the border between PNG and the Torres Strait Islands in recent years, exacerbating poverty and the spread of tuberculosis in villages that depend on cross-border trade.

A student does his homework near a solar power kit in remote PNG - apparently charging his phone or looking up something on the internet. Geoff Miller/University of Queensland

November 22, 2018

In the post‑APEC scramble to lavish funds on PNG, here’s what the country really needs

Mark Moran, The University of Queensland

PNG is enjoying unfamiliar global attention after the APEC summit earlier this week, and the rivalry between the United States and China to exert influence in the region.

In Ali Curung, 400km north of Alice Springs, the things that work for the community, including a local broadcasting and computer centre, are a response to local strengths and needs. AAP/Dan Peled

April 20, 2016

Ideas for Australia: Closing the gap is proving hard, but we can do better by working developmentally

Mark Moran, The University of Queensland

In some Indigenous communities, the ratio of programs to people served is possibly the highest in the world. Somehow, for many, Closing the Gap remains an elusive goal. A rethink is needed.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is calling for innovation to improve the lives of Indigenous people, but must beware of causing instability with new policies that dismiss everything before them. AAP/Mick Tsikas

March 4, 2016

How community‑based innovation can help Australia close the Indigenous gap

Mark Moran, The University of Queensland

Across Indigenous Australia, innovation is occurring locally, under the radar of government policies and support. We can look to this innovation and stop fixating on finding the elusive policy solution.

What do Ceduna and the other trial sites for the Healthy Welfare Card have in common? All are country towns with a mix of Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents. Wikimedia Commons/Nachoman-au

November 19, 2015

Healthy Welfare Card begins here … where next?

Mark Moran, The University of Queensland and Carroll Go-Sam, The University of Queensland

Income management was first applied to Indigenous communities before being implemented more widely. The Healthy Welfare Card policy appears to be on this same path.

Indigenous policy takes a generation to change … what will the next 30 years hold for communities? yaruman

July 6, 2012

The 30‑year cycle: Indigenous policy and the tide of public opinion

Mark Moran, The University of Queensland

Last week, the Stronger Futures legislation passed through the senate - laws which extend the Northern Territory Intervention for another 10 years. The relative merits and faults of the legislation aside…

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