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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 11:43 |
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Since its introduction in 2007, there has been much debate over the effectiveness of the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) in improving the quality of life in remote indigenous communities. Public discussion on using good evidence for policymaking has so far not encouraged Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin to improve the quality of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) data. Given the failure rate of policymaking in this area, these data deficits are problematic.
Australian Policy Online considers the impacts of the Federal Government's Intervention in the Northern Territory in this article by Eva Cox that looks at the data collected to date. Click here to read more.
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