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Support needed for Groote Eylandt families suffering from Machado-Joseph disease
Warnindilyakwa families on Groote Eylandt have experienced the impact of Machado...
Joseph Guenzler 30 May 2026
Closing the Gap at risk without urgent focus on urban Indigenous health, experts warn
Closing the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia...
Giovanni Torre 16 Apr 2026
Closing the Gap needs momentum - Kimberley communities are already building it
The national conversation around Closing the Gap often focuses on what isn't wor...
Tyronne Garstone 19 Mar 2026
‘We’re still on pen and paper’: Urgent call to bridge tech gap in remote schools
The growing digital divide among young Australians has renewed calls for donated...
Joseph Guenzler 11 Feb 2026
Indigenous children overrepresented as youth justice costs climb and outcomes worsen
Australia's spending on youth detention has increased by $400 million in five ye...
Dechlan Brennan 30 Jan 2026
Communities march together in Magandjin for Survival Day 2026

On Monday, the streets of Magandjin (Brisbane) were filled with supporters standing in solidarity with Indigenous people for Survival/Invasion Day.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 26, 2026
ACT sets national precedent on Closing the Gap accountability

The Australian Capital Territory has set an important national precedent, with the passage of independent MP Thomas Emerson's Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 2, 2025
Lidia Thorpe urges federal action on Victoria over youth sentencing changes

Senator Lidia Thorpe has urged Minister Malarndirri McCarthy to follow through on her commitment to impose sanctions on states and territories that undermine Closing the Gap targets, saying Victoria "...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 12, 2025
States, NT on notice for failing to close the gap as McCarthy flags penalties

Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy has condemned the "alarming" incarceration rates in the Northern Territory and Queensland, reaffirming her plan to introduce penalties for jurisdic...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 17, 2025
Analysis: Walker inquest highlights deeper failures of NT’s ‘tough on crime’ agenda

Whilst revelations of institutional police racism in the Kumanjayi Walker inquest rightly dominated headlines last week, another pressing and ongoing issue was again thrust into the spotlight: the Nor...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 14, 2025
ACT's reform to raise the age welcomed in a sea of punitive policies nationwide

With the ACT becoming the first Australian jurisdiction to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 on Tuesday, Indigenous legal groups say it stands in stark contrast to regressive poli...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 1, 2025
Former minister claims governments could face class actions over failure to close the gap

Former Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt says there is a real possibility of a future class action against all levels of government for their failure to close the gap.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 23, 2025
Connecting culture and care at Ipswich Hospital

Ty Cleary says his role supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients brings a strong sense of pride and connection to community.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Mar 24, 2025
Peak bodies join call for action on Close the Gap day

Australia's peak body for Indigenous young people says "we can't do it alone", pointing the finger at government failure to reverse the overrepresentation of First Nations youth in the justice and chi...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Mar 20, 2025
New report offers "tangible solutions" to close the gap

The stagnating and declining progress across critical Closing the Gap targets has real consequences for First Nations people, a new report says.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 20, 2025
Federal government announcement an acknowledgment communities must lead solutions to close the gap

The announcement of funding for programs and services to remote communities have been welcomed by Indigenous advocates who say it is what they have long been calling for to help close the gap.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 7, 2025
Agreement to deliver vital services for remote areas

Programs and services covered under a remote communities agreement go to the heart of what Aboriginal people have been asking for, advocates say. The $842.

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Keira Jenkins Feb 7, 2025
Record number of NT prisoners to have "devastating impact on Aboriginal communities"

Australia's largest Indigenous legal organisation says they received a record number of calls to their custody service in December as the Territory grapples with a horror rise in prisoner numbers.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 8, 2025
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