Closing The Gap
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.
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...
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...
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...
Governments "fundamentally changing the way" they fund Aboriginal community-controlled organisations (ACCOs) could transform the lives of First Nations children and families.
A diphtheria outbreak has swept through the Northern Territory, infecting 131 people and likely claiming one life. Researchers say overcrowded homes and poor skin health are fuelling the spread.
The proposed closure of the Northern Territory's largest supported homelessness accommodation program is difficult to reconcile with the government's Closing the Gap commitments, advocates say, with f...
Kambu Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Health has appointed Torres Strait Islander woman Dania Ahwang as its new chief executive officer.
Gur A Baradharaw Kod Torres Strait Sea and Land Council Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Corporation has secured federal government funding to deliver a community-led language, literacy, numeracy...
New research led by The University of Queensland has found community involvement, culturally safe services and better access may be the key to improving vaccination rates among Aboriginal and Torres S...
The Australian Capital Territory's Public Sector (Closing the Gap) Legislation Amendment Act 2025 comes into effect Wednesday, July 1, after a Private Member's Bill introduced by the independent Membe...
Canberra-based Wiradjuri and Ngemba optometrist Harrison Pike has received the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference26 emerging leadership award.
A Queensland First Nations women's legal service has welcomed the State Government's Budget commitments but called for longer-term funding and fair inflation support for community-controlled organisat...