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Crawford School of Public Policy · ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy
This course is available for on-campus & online learning. All students participate in interactive, real-time classes. 2026 dates: Jun 22, 29 & Jul 20. Public policy in Australia is, and will continue to be unsettled by First Nation's self-determination, sovereignty and resurgence until these concepts are embraced by policy. This course will equip those working in and around public policy processes to understand ongoing contentions that the public policy process brings, and to better work to support First Nation's self-determination and wellbeing in the Australian specific context. The course will outline important challenges when considering in public policy in Australia and will focus students on active engagement using tailored case studies and exercises drawing on real life scenarios. The course will provide participants with a tool kit of diverse conceptual and practical approaches that can be applied to various policy fields affecting First Nation's people, which will help prepare public policy processes to support First Nation's self-governance.
Class quiz
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Policy Case Study
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Presentation of policy case study
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
This course is offered as both an executive education two day course with no assessment, and a three day/three unit course that feeds into the Masters of Public Administration with assessment. The total assessment for the three unit course is equivalent to 4000 words. 18 contact hours and 40-50 non-contact hours for degree students. Other Information Case study material to be provided closer to the course’s commencement
Moreton-Robinson, A. (2007). Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters. Sydney: New South Wales, Allen & Unwin (Introductory chapter) Tess Lea (2020), Wild Policy: Indigenous Benefits Under Continuing Settler Occupation, Stanford University Press.