Neil Westbury
Feast, famine and fraud: Considerations in the delivery of banking and financial services to remote Indigenous communities
Discussion Paper 187 / 1999
Abstract:
The ability of Indigenous people to manage and budget their income, arrange to pay third parties, purchase food, goods and services, and maintain a level of financial and economic independence and planning, are all reliant on maintaining informed access to appropriate banking and financial services.
Giving credit where it's due: The delivery of banking and financial services to Indigenous Australians in rural and remote areas
Discussion Paper 218 / 2001
Abstract:
Australia's financial system is undergoing a period of substantial structural change. A number of interrelated factors are implicated: changes in the competitive forces within the sector, the introduction of new technology, and changing consumer demands. While these changes may have had positive impacts on most consumers, they have had a number of negative impacts, particularly for low-income consumers of financial services and for people located in rural and remote communities.
Jawoyn Nutrition: Aboriginal Nutrition and the Nyirranggulung Health Strategy in Jawoyn Country
Research Monograph 19 / 2000
ISSN 1036 6962
ISBN 0 7315 5103 6 (Print Version)
Abstract:
As has long been recognised, poor diet and nutritional status are strongly associated with a variety of chronic, preventable, and non-communicable diseases that are highly prevalent in Aboriginal communities. Not surprisingly, public health programs targeted at improving health outcomes among Aboriginal people increasingly identify improved nutrition as an essential focus of intervention.
Governance and service delivery for remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory: challenges and opportunities
Working Paper 6 / 2000
ISSN 1442 3871
ISBN 0 7315 4905 8
Abstract:
Much has been written about the issues of Aboriginal Australian self-determination, self-governance and sovereignty. This report attempts to identify a way forward on some of the challenging self-governance and service delivery issues facing governments and Aboriginal peoples, by identifying strategic opportunities for change and the development of more collaborative relationships. It has been commissioned by the Central Australian regional office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).
What’s in it for Koories? Barwon Darling Alliance Credit Union and the delivery of financial and banking services in north-west New South Wales
Working Paper 7 / 2000
ISSN 1442 3871
ISBN 0 7315 4906 6
Abstract:
Indigenous people’s ability to manage and budget their income, arrange to pay third parties, purchase food, goods and services, and maintain a level of financial and economic independence and planning, are all reliant on maintaining informed access to appropriate banking and financial services.
Banking on Indigenous communities: Issues, options, and Australian and international best practice
Working Paper 18 / 2002
ISSN 1442 3871
ISBN 0 7315 4917 1
Abstract:
The ability of people to manage and budget their incomes, arrange to pay third parties, purchase food, goods and services, and maintain a level of financial and economic independence and planning, all rely on maintaining informed access to appropriate banking and financial services.
