Australian Indigenous policy in the neoliberal age: reassessing 'Indigenous' responsibility

Neoliberal policy proscriptions are one part of a wider dialectic of domination that shapes indigenous/settler relations within Australia. This dialectic includes hegemonic processes of social and material domination, resulting in the imposition of a narrative that focuses on `responsibility', imposes neoliberal economics, and apportions `blame' for disadvantage on Indigenous communities through an agreement-making regime that relies on `consent' to appropriate Indigenous cultural identity. This thesis explores how this neoliberal notion of responsibility restricts possibilities for genuine reconciliation before offering differentiated citizenship as a possible way forward.