the Army provided support to the indigenous communities selected by ATSIC
short for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
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Even then, ATSIC boundaries cut across existing regions, at least in NSW.
For all its difficulties, ATSIC has overseen important initiatives.
The troubles at ATSIC highlight a number of issues peculiar to indigenous organisations.
The end of ATSIC is a case of a government trying to divest itself of responsibility in line with neo-liberal ideology.
The one really large program for which ATSIC remained responsible was the Community Development Employment Projects.
An ATSIC discussion paper on reforming indigenous economic development proposes to establish a new statutory authority called Indigenous Business Australia.
ATSIC has recently come under fire from the Minister for perceived conflict of interest at the level of the ATSIC Board of Commissioners.
At the 1999 ATSIC elections, only 22 per cent of those eligible voted.
The abolition of ATSIC conforms to neo-liberal forms of governance at a number of levels.
She later became a prominent public servant and chairperson of ATSIC in Canberra.