Close The Gap
On Monday, the streets of Magandjin (Brisbane) were filled with supporters standing in solidarity with Indigenous people for Survival/Invasion Day.
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.
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 "...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Ty Cleary says his role supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients brings a strong sense of pride and connection to community.
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...
The stagnating and declining progress across critical Closing the Gap targets has real consequences for First Nations people, a new report says.
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.
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.
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.