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Success in projects that are run by Aboriginals

Report found projects run by the Central Land Council showed a better chance of creating ongoing community benefits.

Projects under Aboriginal control reap rewards,  ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Tom Nightingale Dec 22, 2010 An Australian National University report argues Indigenous people are less likely to benefit from current government policies that do not empower Aboriginal groups.

Academics at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research compared community development in remote areas with four projects run with local control in Central Australia.

They found projects run by the Central Land Council showed a better chance of creating ongoing community benefits.

The centre’s Dr Janet Hunt says the current government approach does not work as well.

“My understand is that they [the Central Land Council] believe that if Aboriginal people are able to articulate their aspirations and then pursue them effectively, then lives will improve.

“And we have some evidence of that in the work that they’re currently doing….

Projects under Aboriginal control reap rewards – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

December 27, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | aboriginal issues, Northern Territory