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In 1998, the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) and the Department of Family and Community Services, Indigenous Policy Unit (IPU), undertook research into how the aspirations of young Indigenous people in remote regions match the Commonwealth government’s income support programs for the unemployed. The aim was to assess the relevance of two particular programs, Newstart and Youth Allowance, and propose how they might be made more relevant. The project aimed to be longitudinal, covering the five years between 1999 and 2003, and analysed data from surveys of a sample of Indigenous males and females aged between 15 and 24 in two remote locations of Australia, the Kimberley and Torres Strait. Three interrelated discussion papers resulted from an initial survey in Torres Strait. The papers (indexed at TD/TNC 75.335, TD/TNC 75.337 and TD/TNC 75.344) examine job searching, career aspirations, orientation to work, and education and training.