The Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme represents a major adaptation of the Australian welfare system to the particular social and economic

Debates the crucial issue of how Indigenous self-determination and the rights agenda, which argues for the unique and inherent rights of Indigenous Australians,

Community development; Employment; Government policy; Aboriginal australians; Australia.

Abstracts of papers.

The end of the very long-standing Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme in 2015 marked a critical juncture in Australian Indigenous policy his