A Toxic Mix: Welfare Reform And The Mob In Remote Australia
Rome (Canberra) continues to fiddle while Black Australia burns. Professor Jon Altman weighs in on…More
Author: Jon Altman
Jon Altman
Jon Altman is a research professor in anthropology at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Melbourne. He is also an emeritus professor in anthropology at the Australian National University and was foundation director of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) from 1990-2010 and a researcher professor there until September 2014. He is currently affiliated with the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the ANU and a University Professorial Fellow associated with the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods at Charles Darwin University.
How The Gap Widened, And How To ‘Refresh’ The Policy Approach For Remote Indigenous Australia
Every year a report card on the government’s performance in lifting Indigenous Australians out of…More
The Debilitating Aftermath Of 10 Years Of NT Intervention
A decade ago, they sent the Army in, and made things demonstrably worse. Professor Jon Altman…More
The Half Billion Dollar Black Slush Fund, Controlled By Nigel Scullion
For over 40 years, royalties from mining on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory has…More
Basic Income A No-Brainer For Remote Indigenous Australia
This week is the 8th International Basic Income Week. It made me contemplate yet again…More
The ‘Right To Development’ On Indigenous Lands
In the recently released White Paper on Developing Northern Australia, it is noted that many…More
How Successive Governments Destroyed Black Jobs, And Why The Latest Plan Will Too
On a Saturday in early December last year, the Abbott government announced its proposed reform…More