原住民經濟政策研究中心的主要目標是做高品質且獨立的研究，加強全澳洲的原住民和托雷斯島民的能力，使有助於促進社會和經濟的發展。它的目的使原住民的社會和經濟發展與公共政策的現實性、客觀性和關聯性，能與卓越的學術和教學結合。

CAEPR''s principal objective is to undertake high-quality, independent research that will assist in furthering the social and economic development and empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people throughout Australia. Its aim is combine academic and teaching excellence on Indigenous economic and social development and public policy with realism, objectivity and relevance