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‘Government must act’: Closing the Gap data concerns Aboriginal legal service
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service has raised concerns about the Productivit...
Callan Morse 3 Aug 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...
Reece Harley 31 Jul 2026
Governments urged to redouble efforts on Closing the Gap halfway through agreement
With only three of 19 Closing the Gap targets on track to be met, governments ac...
Dechlan Brennan 29 Jul 2026
ANAO audit finds reporting gaps slowing progress on Closing the Gap education targets
Progress toward Closing the Gap targets in schooling and early childhood develop...
Dechlan Brennan 5 Feb 2026
'It doesn't understand what a lounge room in Shepperton smells like': Briggs warns against AI exploitation of artists
Yorta Yorta rapper Adam Briggs has told a Senate inquiry it would be hard to get...
Dechlan Brennan 1 Oct 2025
End Indigenous policies which target and punish, rather than support — Djirra

A leading family violence organisation says new Closing the Gap data shows governments are delivering "more of the same," with little progress in protecting Indigenous women and families.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 13, 2025
First Nations women have the largest gender pay gap in Australia, new study reveals

A new study by Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) has revealed that First Nations women have the largest gender pay gap in Australia, with First Nations women earning 65 cents for every dollar earned by...

Alexandra Giorgianni Alexandra Giorgianni Aug 10, 2025
How First Nations ‘demographic dividend’ can boost Australia's productivity

Indigenous Business Australia has told the Treasurer's Economic Reform Roundtable how the First Nations 'demographic dividend' can boost Australia's productivity by increasing labour force participati...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 4, 2025
“More needs to be done immediately”: Aboriginal legal service responds to bleak Closing the Gap report

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service says the Productivity Commission's latest Closing the Gap report highlights that more needs to be done to address disadvantage experienced by Indigenous people b...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 1, 2025
“We are the answer”: First Nations leaders at 2025 Australian Sustainable Finance Institute Summit urge greater economic inclusion

The 2025 Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) Summit spotlighted the untapped potential of First Nations participation in driving sustainable productivity.

“The reality is killing our people”: Children’s Ground says Closing the Gap data reveals continuing, devastating failure

First Nations organisation Children's Ground says Closing the Gap data released this week shows governments are continuing to fail Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 1, 2025
"Change is possible when governments commit but key outcomes for children are going backwards" - SNAICC responds to latest Closing the Gap report

The Productivity Commission's latest Closing the Gap annual data report highlights that where governments are making a concerted effort to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 31, 2025
Governments “falling well short of what has been promised” on Closing the Gap

The new Productivity Commission report on Australia's performance towards the targets and indicators in the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, released Wednesday night, shows only four of 19 targe...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 30, 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
"No longer surprising": NT Closing the Gap targets going backwards

The Northern Territory's failure to halt the regression in half of the Closing the Gap targets is "no longer surprising," experts have said. With a quarter of the population Indigenous - three quarter...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 14, 2025
Closing the Gap numbers reveal a “year of betrayal" - Thorpe

The closing the gap numbers reveal a "year of betrayal," independent senator Lidia Thorpe says. Speaking on the day the government announced a raft of measures to combat Indigenous disadvantage with o...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 10, 2025
New legislation to tackle inauthentic "Indigenous" art

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been creating visual arts and crafts for tens of thousands of years. This practice has evolved into a significant industry, generating income for arti...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 15, 2025
Justice "gap" remains wider than ever

The Coalition of Peaks meeting in Boorloo, Perth this month appears intended as a sharp reminder of state government's commitment to Closing the Gap targets and the partnership of Commonwealth and sta...

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Dr Hannah McGlade Nov 26, 2024
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