Land Rights at Risk: Pathways to reform in the Northern Territory
Author/editor: Altman, J, Dillon, M
Year published: 2026
In a companion and earlier paper, we traced fifty years of deferred reform in the financial architecture of the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA) under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (ALRA) and the recent statutory creation in 2021 of Aboriginal Investment NT (AINT). This…
The Aboriginals Benefit Account in the Northern Territory of Australia: Fifty years of deferred reform
Author/editor: Altman, J, Dillon, M
Year published: 2026
The Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA), established under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (ALRA), has received an estimated $5.3 billion in mining royalty equivalents (MREs) and generated a further $500 million in investment income from its reserves over nearly fifty years.…
The Mining Withholding Tax and the Aboriginals Benefit Account: The case for tax abolition and the restoration of Aboriginal capital
Author/editor: Altman, J
Year published: 2026
Since 1979 a Mining Withholding Tax (MWT) has been levied on payments made from the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA), the statutory account established under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (ALRA) to receive the equivalents of mining royalties generated on Aboriginal land.…
Public Attitudes to Child Support in Australia: A contemporary snapshot
Author/editor: Smyth, B. Hahn, M., & Gray, M
Year published: 2026
This study seeks to obtain a contemporary snapshot of public attitudes to child support. Samples from the general population of Australian adults (including independent samples of separated mothers and fathers with a child support case) were drawn from two online panels: the Life in AustraliaTM…
The costs of children in Australia estimated using financial stress
Author/editor: Phillips, B., Jahromi, M., Bradbury, B. Webster, R. & Gray, M.
Year published: 2026
Estimates of the costs of children are used in a wide range of economic and social policies. One important use is in the design of child support schemes and in setting the amount of child support payments that separated parents are required to pay or entitled to receive. This paper provides…
Young people’s interest in a Defence career: Findings from Waves 1-3 of the GENERATION study
Author/editor: Arnup, J, Doery, K & Edwards, B
Year published: 2026
This report investigates the factors shaping young Australians’ plans to join the Australian Defence Force (ADF). There is a current need to increase the numbers of the ADF. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from the GENERATION Study, this report examines the characteristics of…
“Let it not be a fight of the minority” Priorities of young multicultural Victorians to reduce the harms of racism and its impact on their lives
Author/editor: Doery, K.*, Lee, A.*, Ravalji, K., Nguyen, P., Olsen, A., Stonnill, M. & Priest, N.
Year published: 2026
This report amplifies the voices and priorities of multicultural young people with respect to racism and its impacts. Drawing on qualitative focus group data collected in Victoria, Australia in 2021, the report documents both the contemporary manifestations of racism as experienced by young people…