LAND RIGHTS AND ABORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT.

Discusses the Aboriginal social policies in Australia based on the issues paper "A New Deal for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in Remote Communities," by Helen Hughes and Jenness Warin of the Centre for Independent Studies. Impact of the Land Rights Act on the economic development of the communities; Provision of the Northern Territory Land Rights Act that allows Aboriginal land to be leased to commercial housing developers; Effects of the shortage in medical personnel for remote communities on Aboriginal health.