First Nations Peoples and Public Policy in Australia

This course explores ‘Indigenous affairs’ policy in Australia, or what is sometimes termed Indigenous public policy. Critical First Nations Peoples’ perspectives are foregrounded alongside policy histories and analytical approaches to understanding policy sectors and issues. The course focuses on First Nations self-determination in policy, and relationships between First Nations people and the state. Topics featured in the course include Voices to parliament and government, Treaties, shared decision-making, land rights and native title, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and work, labour and welfare.