Sport development programmes for Indigenous Australians: innovation, inclusion and development, or a product of 'white guilt'?

Rossi, Anthony, Steven Rynne · 2014 · QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology)

Summary. This paper examines government-funded sport development programmes for Indigenous Australians, questioning whether they genuinely reduce health and educational disparities or simply reflect 'white guilt' and foster dependency. The authors analyze the tension between state provision and community independence, evaluating sport participation initiatives as either counterproductive welfare or legitimate investments in closing gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians across health, education, and employment outcomes.

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  journal = {QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology)},
  year    = {2014}
}

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Australia

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Oceania

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indigenous-innovation, policy

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