{"id":1511,"date":"2017-11-02T04:51:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T04:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/inda104\/?page_id=1511"},"modified":"2017-11-02T04:51:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T04:51:38","slug":"strategies-for-working-with-indigenous-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/inda104\/learning-pathways\/strategies-and-protocols-for-effective-engagement-with-indigenous-australian-peoples\/strategies-for-working-with-indigenous-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategies for Working with Indigenous People"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Each community is different. It is important to identify what contributes to success in each situation.\n<\/p>\n

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\nThe diversity of Indigenous communities across Australia means that a successful work strategy or program in one area may be seen as a failure in a similar community in another part of the country. However, there are also clear successful frameworks which can and should be followed, and which are based in the understanding of differences between communities.\n<\/p>\n

When it comes to thinking about the best ways to approach overcoming Indigenous disadvantage, it is commonly believed that everything has already been tried and nothing works, or that no one knows what policies or programs work. This is not the case. Over the past 10-15 years an enormous amount of research has been conducted in this area with clear and coherent results.\n<\/p>\n

In 2009, Gary Banks, then Chairman of the Australian Productivity Commission, observed that:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\n<\/td>\n with some exceptions, Australia has squandered the opportunity to learn systematically from these diverse experiences [in Indigenous programs] in order to identify those that could make a difference if applied nationally (p. 14).\n<\/td>\n \u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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His remarks were based on the detailed analysis that the Productivity Commission has undertaken since 2002 on the effectiveness of thousands of programs, and which has been published in their regular reports on Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage. The most recent (2011) report, included substantial analysis of the \u2018things that work\u2019. Drawing on both statistical analysis and wide consultation with Indigenous communities and governments, the report identified four common \u2018success factors\u2019<\/b>:<\/p>\n