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2008 news
Breaking the Canberra curtain
16 July 2008
Charles Darwin University (CDU) will make an enormous contribution to a national series which will debate the future directions of Australian Indigenous policy. A researcher with CDU’s School for Social and Policy Research and Tiwi child health expert, Dr Gary Robinson, said it was time for Canberra to stop and listen. Read more>>
NT’s missing $20 million easy to work out
4 July 2008
The Northern Territory is potentially missing out on millions of dollars of revenue because of possible underestimation of interstate migration, according to a Darwin-based researcher.
Speaking at this week’s international population conference in Alice Springs, Ms Mary Beneforti, Adjunct Research Fellow with Charles Darwin University (CDU) said current methods assessing interstate migration to the Territory so far could have left the Territory $20 million out of pocket. Read more>>
Northern Territory tourism needs climate change leadership
05 September 2008
Extreme climate change could put many of Kakadu’s major attractions at risk—from the flooding of Aboriginal rock art to the potential salt water inundation of freshwater wetlands.
In response, researchers from Charles Darwin University’s School for Social and Policy Research (SSPR) have joined a national study to understand what implications climate change could have on Australia’s tourism sector. Read more>>
A rethink of 'indigenous drift' needed
2 July 2008
Governments need to radically overhaul their thinking when framing policy on the urban drift of young Aboriginal men, says a population expert. Read it in the Sydney Morning Herald >>
Territorians working to capacity
19 June 2008
The high levels of employment growth currently being experienced in the Northern Territory cannot be sustained in the long-term without major changes to the Territory’s population, a leading population expert has warned.
“There is a darkening cloud for the Territory workforce – we are rapidly getting older, in some ways faster than the rest of Australia,” Professor Tony Barnes said. Read more>> | NT News>> | National perspective>
Disrupted networks: staff turnover in NT hotels
28 May 2008
New research will help hoteliers cope with high staff turnover by going beyond the well-trodden retention strategies that demand considerable investment of time, money and effort. Read more>>
Bureaucracy 'hindering' Indigenous education
15 May 2008
Targeted Federal Government funding designed to ‘close the gap’ in Indigenous education has effectively been ‘frozen’ for years a new study concludes. Read more >>
Research to improve Indigenous health
12 March 2008
Researchers from Charles Darwin University’s School for Social and Policy Research will tomorrow speak at a Parliamentary showcase of Aboriginal health research. Read more >>
Transient Territorians?
5 March 2008
For many people, the Northern Territory is a perfect place to live, for others it’s a great place to leave. This Friday, Elizabeth Creed will host a seminar sharing people’s personal motivations as to why they come to, stay and leave the Territory. Read more >>
Deputy PM endorses Accelerated Literacy program
11 February 2008
Deputy PM Julia Gillard endorses Accelerated Literacy on national radio. Read more >>
Teachers flock to Accelerated Literacy workshop
21 January 2008
More than 80 teachers and teacher aids from all over the Northern Territory will descend on Charles Darwin University this week for professional development training in literacy teaching. Read more >>
2007 news archive
Spatial investigation of Territory gambling
29 November 2007
Visiting Scholar Dr Bruce Doran brings new skills to the School for Social and Policy Research gambling research team. Read more >>
Tantrums are fine
26 November 2007
The escalating behavioural problems in children can be addressed by effective early intervention and parental participation. This is the rationale behind Carmen Cubillo’s PhD research with the School for Social and Policy Research. Read more >>
Talking to 'invisible parents'
19 November 2007
The School for Social and Policy Research (SSPR) has been awarded more than $180,000 to investigate barriers that prevent parents of struggling students from being involved in their child’s schooling. Read more >>
Accelerating adult literacy
9 November 2007
From schools to adult education: the Accelerated Literacy teaching method shows promise in workplace training. Read more >>
Accolades for Accelerated Literacy at World Teachers' Day
29 October 2007
Accolades for the Accelerated Literacy program were aplenty at the Northern Territory's celebration of World Teachers' Day. As the program is rolled out to schools across the Territory, teachers give testament to its achievements.
- NT teachers lay future direction on the table (.pdf)
- Students reap rewards (.pdf)
- Making a difference (.pdf)
- Impressive starter (.pdf)
Research needed to help Indigenous children
24 October 2007
Researchers from SSPR and Menzies School of Health Research combined for a two day forum to discuss ways to improve Indigenous health and education.
Territory population set to increase at an alarming rate
8 October 2007
Over the next 20 years, the Territory's population could increase by up to 35 percent.
Why do our workers come and go?
3 October 2007
Why do people move so freely in and out of the Territory?
Travelling the Territory to get a clearer view of literacy
3 October 2007
Six researchers from the School for Social and Policy Research are getting a taste of what’s really happening in the schools of the Territory’s remote communities. Read more >>
Research Forum Resounding Success
17 September 2007
It’s not everyday you see an auditorium full of adults waving their arms in the air, singing a behaviour improvement rhyme to the tune of ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ in the name of research. Read more >>
'Blunt edge' approach condemned
12 September 2007
Charles Darwin University Associate Professor Gary Robinson said the intervention had a "narrow, punitive focus".
Charles Darwin University endorsed as a leading voice in gambling research
30 August 2007
The School for Social and Policy Research has been recognised as a leading national voice in gambling research, with the Northern Territory Government announcing a re-commitment of almost $1.5 million in funding.
Health Crisis to Worsen (NT News)
17 February 2007
There is going to be a health crisis in the Territory Bush as experts tip a population explosion. Read more >>
Govt warned: plan for Indigenous population boom (Medical Observer)
16 February 2007
The Federal Government is being called on to invest more resources into Aboriginal health in the wake of new figures that project a substantial increase in Indigenous populations. Read more >>
Report warns of 'exploding' NT population (Koori Mail)
14 February 2007
Urgent action is need to provide healthcare services to Aborigines in the bush, following the latest research which warns of a population explosion. Read more >>
NT Born, NT Bred, not likely: study said (NT News)
9 February 2007
Only 18 percent of non-Aboriginal Territorians were born here, new survey results show, Read more >>
Survey confirms multicultural magnet and love of the laidback (CDU News)
7 February 2007
Only 18 per cent of the current non-indigenous population were born in the Territory, and most people like living there because of its laid-back, casual lifestyle. Read more >>
Territory Aborigines to Double in Number (NT News)
30 January 2007
The Territory Aboriginal Population will almost double over the next 24 years. Most of the increases will be in remote communities. Read more >>
Aboriginal Population Set to Double (Australian)
27 January 2007
The Aboriginal population of the Northern Territory is set to more than double and age dramatically over the next quarter of the century. Read more >>
Garma Key Forum provokes Action in the Field of Indigenous Education
8 January 2007
The key forum at the 2006 Garma Festival was successful in its aim of bringing 450 people together to sit in Yolngu country in North East Arnhemland for three days to share their ideas and experiences around the theme of Indigenous Education and Training. Read more >>
2006 news archive
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