National policy-making in indigenous affairs : blueprint for an indigenous review council
By: CHESTERMAN, John
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ArticlePublisher: Brisbane Queensland : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008Australian Journal of Public Administration-AJPA 67, 4, p. 419-429Abstract: 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 for 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 trialling as it would ensure a significant Indigenous voice in national policy-making while learning from the mistakes that led to ATSIC's demise
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 for 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 trialling as it would ensure a significant Indigenous voice in national policy-making while learning from the mistakes that led to ATSIC's demise
Australian Journal of Public Administration-AJPA
Vol.67 n.4
December 2008
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