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Census 2016: what's changed for Indigenous Australians?

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dc.contributor.authorMarkham, Francisen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBiddle, Nicholasen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T07:19:17Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T07:19:17Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted24/07/2017 0:00
dc.description.abstractAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a complicated history with the Australian census. Until the 1967 referendum, the question about Indigenous status was used mainly to exclude the Indigenous population from official population statistics, as required by the Constitution at that time. Since the 1971 Census, however, the question has been used to understand Indigenous demographic and socioeconomic outcomes. This includes observing how Indigenous peoples’ situations are changing through time, and comparing them to the non-Indigenous population. Indigenous population estimates matter for policymaking. For example, the Commonwealth Grants Commission uses estimates of the Indigenous population to advise on GST revenue allocation to the states and territories. And many Closing the Gap targets are monitored in full or in part using census data. At the same time, many Indigenous communities and organisations argue that the way data are collected and distributed takes power out of their hands, and puts them at a disadvantage. So, what did we learn from the most recent release of 2016 Census data?en_AU
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dc.identifier.othertheconversation/article/79836en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/120961
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherParkville, Vic. : The Conversation Media Groupen_AU
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dc.sourceThe Conversationen_AU
dc.source.urihttp://theconversation.com/census-2016-whats-changed-for-indigenous-australians-79836en_AU
dc.titleCensus 2016: what's changed for Indigenous Australians?en_AU
dc.typeCommentaryen_AU
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local.contributor.institutionThe Australian National University. College of Arts and Social Sciences
local.publisher.urlhttps://theconversation.comen_AU
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