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Stalled Progress Closing the Gap Prompts Refresh

Luke Michael, Thursday, 14th February 2019 - Indigenous groups are pushing for Australia’s Closing the Gap targets to be revised in partnership with the Indigenous community after the latest progress report revealed only…

Opinion

Indigenous Employment Gap Widening and We Don’t Know How to Fix It

Contributor, Wednesday, 29th August 2018 - Rigorous, well designed evaluation is important in informing future policy-making, and developing a stronger evidence base for strategies to close the remote employment gap, …

Three Billboards on the Road Back to Where We Came From

Michael Dillon, Thursday, 15th February 2018 - Michael Dillon from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research offers three “billboards” with updates on the remote housing “fiasco”. The recent film Three Billboards…

Opinion

Sorry – Again!

David Crosbie, Thursday, 15th February 2018 - Community Council for Australia CEO David Crosbie reflects on the Australian Reconciliation Convention in 1997, and the progress, or lack thereof, that has been made since to close…

Annual Report Finds Government Still Struggling to Close the Gap

Luke Michael, Monday, 12th February 2018 - The prime minister’s annual Closing the Gap report has revealed only three out of seven targets are “on track”, 10 years after the policy was launched to improve the…

Review Finds Government’s Closing the Gap Policy Has ‘Fallen Apart’

Luke Michael, Thursday, 8th February 2018 - The federal government’s Closing the Gap policy has “all but fallen apart” due to extensive funding cuts and political instability, a 10-year review into the strategy has …

Seeing Culture as a Real Solution for Indigenous Australians

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 22nd March 2017 - For Indigenous Australian and CEO of not for profit First Hand Solutions, progress will only come with a major investment in culture and a re-connection to Country. Peter Cooley, …

‘Stark Reality’ as Australia Not On Track for Closing the Gap

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 14th February 2017 - Only one of seven targets laid out in the Closing the Gap report for Indigenous health, education and social participation is on track to be met, with Malcolm Turnbull revealing the…

Housing Key to Closing the Gap

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 11th February 2016 - The Australian Government should introduce targets for affordable housing for indigenous Australians in the wake of the Closing the Gap Report, a leading Not for Profit has said.…

Thousands of Indigenous Lives Lost Prematurely

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 21st April 2015 - Around 3,000 Indigenous Australians die prematurely each year, resulting in almost 100,000 years of life lost, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health…

Australia Failing to Close the Gap

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 12th February 2015 - Australia is failing in its attempts to close the gap of disadvantage between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, according to a major new bipartisan report. The Closing the Gap…

Indigenous Groups Urge Commitment to PMs Closing the Gap

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 13th February 2014 - Indigenous peak bodies have welcomed Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s commitment to stronger efforts to Close the Gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. They…

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