National Agreement On Closing The Gap   

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Closing the Gap is not optional: Urgent structural reform is needed now
You may have read the recent 2025 Closing the Gap Annual Data Report and felt a...
Katina Law 22 Sep 2025
OPINION: Economic partnership or political theatre? Government’s Garma plan questioned amid worsening outcomes
As Garma Festival continues in northeast Arnhem Land, it is once again the stage...
Reece Harley 2 Aug 2025
National Indigenous Health Leadership Alliance urges structural reform, genuine co-design to Close the Gap
The National Indigenous Health Leadership Alliance says the Independent Review o...
Giovanni Torre 31 Jul 2025
Aboriginal Medical Services call for community-led solutions as Territory's Closing the Gap targets "go backwards"
The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory expressed "deep conc...
Giovanni Torre 31 Jul 2025
Opposition says Closing the Gap Report confirms federal government is "failing Indigenous Australians"
Federal Opposition spokesperson on Indigenous policy, Senator Kerrynne Liddle, h...
Giovanni Torre 31 Jul 2025
Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council urges stronger commitment to Closing the Gap in wake of grim Productivity Report

The Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council has called on state and federal governments to strengthen their commitment to the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, following another year of...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 30, 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
Indigenous children’s peak body urges governments to “double down” on commitments to Close the Gap

This NAIDOC week SNAICC - National Voice for our Children is encouraging governments to double down on their commitments under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap as "evidence confirms the posit...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 7, 2025
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must have the most say in our futures

In 2005, I stood with Tom Calma, Black peak organisations and many others to call on governments to treat health as a human right for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Romlie Mokak Nov 20, 2024
Experts urge eleventh-hour rethink on NT government's "regressive" justice laws

A coalition of organisations have urged the Northern Territory government to rethink their decision to lower the age of criminal responsibility, arguing they will only negatively impact community safe...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 14, 2024
Regressive steps, broken promises sabotaging efforts to Close the Gap, Coalition of Peaks warns

Regressive steps and broken promises are hindering Australia closing the gap, the Coalition of Peaks has said. Speaking ahead of the anniversary of the referendum that voted against creating an Indige...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 13, 2024
AIDA cultural program focused on closing healthcare gap

Healthcare professionals have rallied in response to February's Closing the Gap report that highlighted significant target shortfalls related to institutional racism across the medical sector.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Mar 14, 2024
Treaties key to progress - Lidia Thorpe responds to Closing The Gap report

Senator Lidia Thorpe says the grim latest report from the Productivity Commission on Closing The Gap is "not new or surprising" for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 7, 2024
SNAICC supports Productivity Commission's Closing the Gap findings

The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) says they support the "blunt" findings and recommendations of the Productivity Commission's report, which found governments acro...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 7, 2024
Governments "continue to waste" National Agreement on Closing the Gap, Productivity Commission reports

The National Agreement on Closing the Gap is "an opportunity governments cannot continue to waste", the Productivity Commission has warned as it released its latest report.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 6, 2024
New grants available for Aboriginal organisations in NSW

The New South Wales government has announced expressions of interest for the next round of community and place grants for Aboriginal organisations are now open.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 2, 2023
Symbolic language is not enough

On Monday, Malcolm McCusker argued in these pages that there were 15 "unanswered questions" about the proposal to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

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Mark Dreyfus KC Sep 13, 2023
Peak Aboriginal health group NACCHO welcomes federal funding boost to tackle cancer rates

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation welcomed the federal government's announcement on Wednesday of almost $200 million in funding to address cancer rates in Indigenous com...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 3, 2023
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