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Doesn't happen in cities: Remote communities facing water and essential services issues
The Northern Land Council has called on the Northern Territory and Commonwealth...
Dechlan Brennan 21 Sep 2026
Feds to NT Government: Use money to Close the Gap or it'll go to organisations who can
Directly increasing funding to organisations delivering Closing the Gap outcomes...
Dechlan Brennan 18 Sep 2026
Exclusive: We should be horrified by what the Closing the Gap report cannot tell us
There is one particular sentence in the Productivity Commission's latest Closing...
Olga Havnen AM 17 Sep 2026
Queensland expands Indigenous workforce grants with new wage subsidies
The Queensland Government has expanded a workforce grants program aimed at creat...
Joseph Guenzler 17 Sep 2026
NSW land council peak body to withdraw from Closing the Gap framework, cites ongoing government failures

The NSW Aboriginal Land Council will withdraw from state's Closing the Gap framework citing "ongoing failures by the NSW Government to deliver genuine partnership, shared decision-making and accountab...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 7, 2026
‘Advice is ignored’: Justice experts, Aboriginal organisations suspend partnership with NT Gov

The relationship between the Northern Territory Government and Aboriginal organisations and peak bodies is at an all-time low, with key members pulling out of a key Closing the Gap forum over a breakd...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2026
Terms of Reference released for second Productivity Commission Review of National Agreement on Closing the Gap

The federal government has released the Terms of Reference for the second Productivity Commission Review of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 28, 2026
Call for systemic change to address Indigenous education gap

A Charles Darwin University education expert has called for systemic change in how young people are taught after this year's NAPLAN results again highlighted the challenges Indigenous students are fac...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 24, 2026
Honouring 'a truly extraordinary Aboriginal woman'

Dr Josie Douglas, General Manager of Professional Services at the Central Land Council, gave this acceptance speech on behalf of Dr Pat Turner AM for the National NAIDOC Award - Person of the Year.

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Dr Josie Douglas Aug 17, 2026
Garma debate sharpens focus on Closing the Gap implementation

Discussions at the recent Garma Festival reinforce the need for governments to focus on implementing the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, rather than creating a new agenda, according to the Coal...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 5, 2026
Cost and access barriers stopping Aboriginal men getting prostate cancer surgery

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men diagnosed with prostate cancer are less likely to receive surgery than other Australian men and more likely to face financial barriers to treatment, according...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 4, 2026
The gap closes when Australia shows up: this week we got the proof

For the first time since the National Agreement on Closing the Gap was signed, a target has been met. More than 95 per cent of First Nations children are now enrolled in preschool, up from 61.

Reece Harley Reece Harley Jul 31, 2026
Leeser to use Garma speech to call for ambitious post-Voice Indigenous agenda

Julian Leeser will use his speech at Garma as Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians to outline what he describes as a "new direction" for the portfolio following the defeat of the Voice referendu...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 30, 2026
Indigenous children spending months in detention without sentence, new data shows

The overwhelming majority of Indigenous children held in custody are unsentenced, new data shows, with First Nations young people continuing to be incarcerated at disproportionate rates.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 30, 2026
Rising Indigenous employment figures welcome, but don’t capture full picture - advocates warn

A headline increase in employment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is welcome, but ageing and limited data fails to fully capture "the reality of the present gap", according to the Cen...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 30, 2026
Closing the Gap data paints 'sombre picture' despite preschool milestone

The latest Closing the Gap data contains some significant gains, but advocates say it still paints a "sombre picture". Released on Wednesday evening, the Productivity Commission's 2026 Closing the Gap...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 30, 2026
New data tracks strength and revival of First Nations languages

New national data has established the first Indigenous-led baseline for measuring progress on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages under the Closing the Gap framework, with communities cont...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 29, 2026
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