Acknowledgments,................................................................................................ viii Preamble...................................................................................................................1 Introduction..............................................................................................................1 Indigenous experiences,of poverty—some,case studies ......................................2 Conceptual,issues in measuring indigenous,poverty,.......................................... 5 Not by bread,alone ..................................................................................................... 5 Intersection,of poverty and,the criminal,justice,system......................................... 6 Data and method,......................................................................................................7 NATSIS data............................................................................................................... 7 Additional,data,on arrest and,income....................................................................... 7 Method,....................................................................................................................... 7 The depth of disadvantage in income, housing, health, arrest and land among,indigenous,Australians ...............................................................................8 Benchmarking,indigenous,arrest rates and chronic,health,problems,against the wider,community.............................................................................................. 14 Tackling indigenous,poverty: possible policy responses,...................................15 Conclusion ..............................................................................................................16 Appendix A. Sensitivity analysis of poverty results...........................................19 References ..............................................................................................................27 Tables Table 1. Head count,measures,of poverty,as measured,by the proportion,of households,and,income,units,with income,below,various,percentages,of the Australian median income, 1994–95 ................................................................... 9