Andrew Cairns, Thursday, 23rd January 2020 - Nobody in Australia knows why we are failing to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous education like Indigenous Australians themselves, but their voices are still…
Luke Michael, Monday, 20th January 2020 - The government is working on a new national agreementMore than 90 per cent of Indigenous Australians believe it is important to develop formal partnerships between government and…
Luke Michael, Friday, 28th June 2019 - The Australian government must invest strongly in Aboriginal community-controlled solutions if it wants better outcomes from the Closing the Gap refresh, Indigenous leaders …
Contributor, Friday, 24th May 2019 - The high rates of Indigenous youth suicide in Australia can only be addressed if the country first changes and confronts both its historical and contemporary racism, writes Julia…
Luke Michael, Thursday, 2nd May 2019 - Western Australia housing groups warn vulnerable people are bearing the brunt of a lack of investment in remote housing, as Labor pledges $120 million in a bid to remedy the crisis.…
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 …
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, …
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 …
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…
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 lives…
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 found.…
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, …