The observer for Australia, said that indigenous people in Australia were generally poorer than the rest of the community.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the cross border region of Australia and Papua New Guinea

62. The observer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission reiterated the statement of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of indigenous delegations from Australia.

Life expectancy estimates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians born in the period 1996 2001 indicate that life expectancy at birth is around 18 years lower than the average life expectancy for all Australians.

In Australia, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism found that non indigenous people receive between 9 and 21 per cent more housing benefits than indigenous people, even though indigenous people's needs are greater (see E CN.4 2002 24 Add.1).

They apply to Australian citizens, residents of Australia and bodies corporate.

(i) The overrepresentation of indigenous people in custody in Australia (priority theme C).

New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (Australia)

The reference to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations should be removed.

147. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner presented a joint statement on behalf of indigenous organizations and indigenous representatives of Australia, in which he expressed strong support for articles 5, 9 and 32.

The observer for Australia said that the problems in health, housing, education and employment facing Australia apos s indigenous peoples were not easy to solve.

8.2 It argues that the author is an Australian citizen permanently resident in Australia.

The Special Rapporteur on indigenous land rights was invited by indigenous representatives to visit Australia and Canada.

The Native Title Act of 1993 was one of the most significant steps in addressing the rights of indigenous Australians, since it gave an unambiguous recognition and protection to native title.

37. According to news reports, legislation is being considered in Australia that would extinguish some or most of the land rights of the indigenous peoples of Australia.

The Australian Government's indigenous education programmes do not specifically target female students.

The Attorney General's Department operates four specialist programmes intended to assist indigenous Australians achieve equity before the law.

While our indigenous peoples have called Australia home for more than 60,000 years, the evolving kaleidoscope of Australian life has seen many new faces become part of Australia in the last few years.

47. It has been reported that Australia s criminal justice system remains heavily weighted against Aboriginal people .

There are currently no indigenous women in the federal Australian Parliament.

Stabilizing numbers over the next two years, then increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' employment in the mainstream Australian Public Service

1. The author of the communication is Joseph Frank Adam, an Australian citizen, born in Australia of Czech parents, residing in Melbourne, Australia.

He's an Australian Aboriginal elder, and he's also an artist.

In the same period, Indigenous peoples comprised 2.4 per cent of Australia's population.

The rights of the children of indigenous populations, Canada

Through the Indigenous Employment Policy, the Australian Government provides a focus on improving indigenous employment rates.

123. The observer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, in a joint statement on behalf of indigenous organizations and indigenous representatives of Australia, expressed support for the articles under discussion, as well as for the entire draft declaration in its present form.

172. The observer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission presented a joint statement on behalf of indigenous organizations and indigenous representatives of Australia in which he expressed strong support for articles 15, 16, 17 and 18 and called for the adoption of those articles as currently drafted.

295. The observer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission presented a joint statement, on behalf of indigenous organizations and indigenous representatives of Australia, in which he expressed his strong support for articles 36, 37, and 39 and urged their adoption as currently drafted.

The Australian Government is committed to closing the educational divide between indigenous and non indigenous students.

The Prevention, Diversion, Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice programme is designed to address the underlying causes of offending, thereby helping to reduce the adverse contact experienced by indigenous Australians with the justice system.

5 Information on the Employment and Capability Strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employees is taken from the Australian Public Service Commission website www.apsc.gov.au indigenousemployment index.html.

164. The representative of Australia emphasized the importance to indigenous peoples of the right to education and of the right of indigenous communities to establish their own education systems, schools and media.

The Australian Government has committed AUS 16.5 million over four years for three initiatives under the indigenous Women's Development Programme

The Government was currently reviewing the Act to ensure that it met the needs of both indigenous and non indigenous Australians.

Collective rights, including the use of the term indigenous peoples , did not create any problems for Australia.

Building the general capacity of the Australian Public Service to provide more effective service delivery to indigenous peoples

98. The observer for the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council presented a joint statement on behalf of the Australian indigenous delegations.

Through its Community Legal Services Programme, the Government funds seven organizations across Australia to operate the specialist Indigenous Women's Projects, providing culturally appropriate legal aid services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

Furthermore, with regard to articles 7 (b) and 10, Australia supported the right of indigenous peoples not to be forcibly removed from their lands.

The National Indigenous Council was recently appointed to advise the Australian Government on indigenous issues and strategies.

The Indigenous Women's Development Programme forms an integral part of the Australian Government's reform agenda in indigenous affairs.

22. The representative of Australia stated that the participation of indigenous peoples was absolutely fundamental to the process of elaborating a draft declaration.

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Strategy 2005 2008 was developed to continue to guide Australia's response to HIV AIDS, blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.

The Court essentially denounced the doctrine by concluding that this unjust and discriminatory doctrine ... can no longer be accepted. This decision gave rise to the Native Title Act, adopted by the Australian Government in 1993, which established a framework and mechanism by which Aboriginal peoples in Australia can secure land rights.