The Northern Territory’s Declining Share of Australia’s Indigenous Population: A call for a research agenda

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Publication TypeResearch BriefAbstractThis research brief examines the Northern Territory’s declining share of the Australian Indigenous population and the consequences of this for financial allocations to the NT Government. We outline the main causes and discuss the effects these are having on the veracity of statistical measurements and indicators for Indigenous Australian’s from ‘denominator shifting’. We highlight the need for a research agenda to better understand the causes and consequences and to re-consider how disadvantage is conceptualised in light of the issues discussed here. We would like to acknowledge and thank Tony Barnes for his work in improving understanding of the causes and consequences of the changing demography of the Northern Territory as well as for his input and advice in relation to this research brief. AuthorTaylor, A.Bell, L.Publication CollectionNorthern Institute Research BriefsIssue2ContactAndrew Taylor 8 8946 6692 andrew.taylor@cdu.edu.auPublisherNorthern Institute, Charles Darwin UniversityPlace of PublicationDarwin