Implications of land rights reform for Indigenous health

Watson, Nicole

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01031.x

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“…Nonetheless, the inclusion of private home ownership as an indicator in the OID framework lends support to elements of recent federal government policy in the Northern Territory that have been strongly criticised. For example, policies ostensibly designed to increase opportunities for private home ownership in remote Aboriginal communities have been seen by some Aboriginal people as an attempt at coercion (see Watson 2007) and a threat to their rights to maintain the system of communal land ownership won under land rights legislation (see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner 2006;Marika 2006;Wunungmurra et al 2006).…”

Section: Three Approaches To Indigenous Wellbeingmentioning

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Statistical equality and cultural difference in Indigenous wellbeing frameworks: A new expression of an enduring debate

Jordan¹,

Bulloch²,

Buchanan³

2010

Aust J Social Issues

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Recent years have seen a burgeoning interest in developing indicator frameworks for 'Indigenous wellbeing'. Implicit in each of the frameworks are particular conceptions of what constitutes the 'good life' for Indigenous peoples and what 'Indigenous development' should entail. In developing these frameworks, then, certain judgements must be made about whether statistical equality should be prioritised as a 'development' goal. This issue has generated long-standing debate and in this context must be broached anew. In this paper we briefly examine the growing interest in Indigenous wellbeing and outline three prominent indicator frameworks: the Productivity Commission's indicators for 'Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage'; the 'capability indicators' developed by the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership; and the indicators of wellbeing developed by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The first prioritises statistical equality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians; the second adds a concern with 'capabilities'; and the last emphasises the importance of distinct cultural preferences. We offer an assessment of these approaches, drawing in part on Amartya Sen's work. We argue that in seeking to improve the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians, policy-makers should not only make their own normative assumptions clear, but also be aware of the implications of their decisions for constituents with different worldviews.Statistical equality and cultural difference in Indigenous wellbeing frameworks: A new expression of an enduring debate

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Section: Three Approaches To Indigenous Wellbeingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Statistical equality and cultural difference in Indigenous wellbeing frameworks: A new expression of an enduring debate

Jordan¹,

Bulloch²,

Buchanan³

2010

Aust J Social Issues

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“…The biggest silences concern the subsistence economy and participation in the art industry. Some commentators (Hughes 2007;Johns 2006) dismiss subsistence hunting and gathering as merely recreational, whereas in many areas of remote Australia-particularly in outstation communities-there is evidence that these activities contribute significantly to the health and wellbeing of the population (see, for example, ABC News Online 2006;Barber 2005;McDermott et al 1998;Morice 1976;Watson 2007). There is, however, nowhere on a census form where people are encouraged to record these activities-not even in the question on unpaid domestic work.…”

Section: Occupation: Cdep and The Invisible Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Agency, Contingency and Census Process: Observations of the 2006 Indigenous Enumeration Strategy in remote Aboriginal Australia

Morphy¹

2007

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“…Although this quote clearly recognizes that land tenure is a determinant of health and well-being, the pathway for such association is multi-directional [46] and less understood. In fact, it still sits at the heart of much academic and policy debates which promote tenure choices to deliver certain outcomes including sustainable cities and housing, green cities, clean cities, land degradation neutrality, environmental conservation, and various SDGs [4,38,[47][48][49].…”

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“…Nevertheless, it plays an obvious role in shaping urban environments, housing conditions, and for that matter health. Made explicit, Watson [46] emphasizes the importance of land tenure and health in the following excerpt:…”

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Land Tenure Security and Health Nexus: A Conceptual Framework for Navigating the Connections between Land Tenure Security and Health

Dachaga¹,

Vries²

2021

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The rise of urban populations has rendered cities in both developed and developing countries vulnerable to poor health and diseases that are associated with urban living conditions and environments. Therefore, there is a growing consensus that while personal factors are critical in determining health, the urban environment exacerbates or mitigates health outcomes, and as such the solution for improving health outcomes in urban settings can be found in addressing socio-environmental factors that shape urban environments. Land tenure security is a social environmental factor of health that has been understudied by urban geographers despite its obvious role in shaping urban environments, housing conditions, and health. We interpret literature and infer possible pathways through which land tenure security connects to health and propose a land tenure security and health nexus conceptual framework for modeling and investigating the extent of this connection. Based on a narrative review of literature, this inter-disciplinary paper shows that land tenure security can influence health outcomes via four pathways—infrastructure access, environmental justice, psycho-ontological security, and social cohesion. Going forward, a subsequent investigation can focus on developing an index of land tenure security health insults, based on which an empirical investigation of the relationship between land tenure security and health disease is possible.

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Implications of land rights reform for Indigenous health

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Statistical equality and cultural difference in Indigenous wellbeing frameworks: A new expression of an enduring debate

Statistical equality and cultural difference in Indigenous wellbeing frameworks: A new expression of an enduring debate

Agency, Contingency and Census Process: Observations of the 2006 Indigenous Enumeration Strategy in remote Aboriginal Australia

Land Tenure Security and Health Nexus: A Conceptual Framework for Navigating the Connections between Land Tenure Security and Health

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