Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Policy Development

The Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Policy Development, will build on your professional knowledge and experiences by providing you with a critical understanding of important aspects of Indigenous economic and policy development in modern Australia. You will examine key issues of Indigenous policy development and implementation, economic development and participation, traditional and modern governance structures, and intellectual and cultural property rights in current social and political contexts. This course is an essential foundation for respectful and accountable engagement with Indigenous people and the current social and political issues they face in Australia and internationally. This is an important course, if you want to develop your knowledge and understanding of: the workings of government and policy, the structures and functions of governance in relation to Indigenous people, the practice of cultural engagement with and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, the culture and language of Yolngu people.