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Helen Hughes

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Revisiting Indigenous education

This paper argues that there is no ‘gap’ between the literacy and numeracy of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students

The bipolar Pacific

The islands of the Pacific are in some cases prsoperous with good economies and education systems while others experience widespread
illiteracy and some of the highest population growth rates in the world

Indigenous education in the Northern Territory

With the numeracy and literacy skills of five-year-olds, ten thousand indigenous teenagers and young men and women are unemployable because of the educational failures of the last decade

Kava and after in the Nhulunbuy (Gulf of Carpentaria) Hinterland

Many Aboriginal communities have welcomed the Australian Government’s ban on the import of kava, as part of the Northern Territory "emergency intervention"

Annals of aid: Vanuatu and the Millennium Challenge Corporation

Helen Hughes and Gaurav Sodhi argue that a new $89 million funding package to Vanuatu provided by the US Millennium Challenge Corporation will do little to address the rampant corruption and economic mismanagement that plague the country

The economics of Indigenous deprivation and proposals for reform

Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are demanding education that will lead to productive employment opportunities with mainstream earnings, decent health outcomes, decent housing and the same security that other Australians enjoy

Papua New Guinea's choice: a tale of two nations

The deep divide between the tiny elite minority in Papua New Guinea who enrich themselves at the expense of the vast majority of ordinary people will continue to grow with disastrous consequences unless the Australian government's new Enhanced Cooperation Programme (ECP) is fully restored and Australian police return to Papua New Guinea

A new deal for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in remote communities

Since the 1970s, Australia has been conducting a utopian socialist experiment with the lives of a generation of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in remote Australia

From riches to rags: what are Nauru's options and how can Australia help?

Thirty years after enjoying the world's second highest per capita GDP after Saudi Arabia, Nauru is on the verge of bankruptcy and was declared one of the first states listed under the US Patriot Act

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