Indigenous Issues

Evaluation of Attorney General's Department Law and Justice Advocacy Development Program (current 2008) for Department of Finance & Deregulation, Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs)

Design of an Assessment Guide for Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks for the Department of Finance & Deregulation, Office of Evaluation and Audit, Indigenous Programs (2008) Design of an assessment guide for review or assessment of M&E Frameworks.

Advisor to the Evaluation of Performance Frameworks for Indigenous Programs, Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs) (2007) Provision of advice, guidance, comment and technical input on the evaluation conducted by OEA (IP).

Evaluation of FaCSIA Family Violence Programs, Department of Finance and Administraion, Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs) (2006/7) Evaluation of FaCSIA funded Indigenous Family Violence Programs entailing methodology development, national stakeholder consultations, site visits and reporting (see http://www.finance.gov.au/oea/docs/FVP-report.pdf ). This evaluation received the Australasian Evaluation Society Indigenous Evaluation Award in 2008 - an award for excellence in evaluation.

Analysis of Service Activity Reporting for Australian Government Funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Services, Department of Health and Aging, with Paul Ban and Associates (2004-2005)
A review of the validity and reliability, content, analysis and reporting of Service Activity Reporting data provided annually by Australian Government funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander primary health care services across Australia.

Facilitator, development of an Action Plan for Improving Koori Educational Outcomes in the Greater Shepparton Area, Department for Victorian Communities (2004)
Facilitation of planning processes involving Aboriginal communities, Commonwealth, State and Local government agencies, and other local stakeholders as part of a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) trial to develop an integrated whole of government approach to overcome longstanding issues with education, training and employment provision and access for Aboriginal communities. Design and facilitation of pre-summit workshops on different stages of the eduction/employment pathway and final summit to endorse an action plan to address issues.

Evaluation of Koori Mentoring Program for young people at risk of offending for Crime Prevention Victoria, Department of Justice (2002/3)
Evaluation of the Hume Koori leadership program, targeting Koori young offenders within the City of Hume, Melbourne.