Bio

Jon Altman is Professor and Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University. He lived at an outstation in central Arnhem Land in 1979 and 1980 and has undertaken research on the outstations movement since then, especially in the tropical savanna. In 1998 he co-authored a report National Review of Resource Agencies Servicing Indigenous Communities.

Jon Altman's contributions:

A New Progressive Consensus?

We asked delegates to the 2020 Summit for an appraisal of the proceedings and the ideas which emerged throughout the weekend. CPD Director Miriam Lyons, Stephen Leeder, Lyn Carson, Jon Altman and Bill Bowtell report back.

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• Our Common Wealth

The need for evidence-based policy for Indigenous outstations

Economists and politicians who regard remote Indigenous outstations as 'unviable' need to take a wider view, writes Jon Altman

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• Work, Family and Care

• Indigenous Policy

Amended Land Rights Law will be Bad Law

What do you call an offer to use revenue from your own land to lease that land from you at a fraction of its value, and then rent it back to you at market rates? The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill (2006). Jon Altman argues that the amendments will weaken the property rights of traditional owners, weaken land councils and destroy the integrity of the Aboriginal Benefits Accoun.

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• Democratic Renewal
• Human Rights