Course Catalogue

From Semester 2 2025 delivery of this course will move from Casuarina campus to Danala | Education and Community Precinct in Darwin City.

From Semester 2 2025 delivery of this course will move from Casuarina campus to Danala | Education and Community Precinct in Darwin City.

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.

A Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Policy Development will open up opportunities for you by adding a new dimension of knowledge and skills to your existing qualification. Graduates from this course working in a range of different government and other professional roles enhance their employability by strengthening and deepening their understanding of the interface between policy-related aspects of their work and the needs and aspirations of the broader Indigenous community.

Graduates can credit their studies in the graduate diploma towards a Master of Public Policy.

Potential employment opportunities include roles in government and non-government organisations related to Indigenous affairs in areas such as research, policy development, or media and communications and academia.