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Failed 'closing the gap' the least of worries – hidden are more shocking crises - The latest Closing The Gap report reveals that Australia is failing six of seven measures. The closing of the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal  ...

Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap “doomed to fail”  -  Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap “doomed to fail” ... “ Australia has the highest youth suicide rate in the world and within that, the highest ...

Closing the Gap health goals 'effectively abandoned' for political reasons - The Closing the Gap strategy was established in 2008 with the aim of achieving health parity between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australians by 2030 but “effectively abandoned” its long-term goals in favour of short-term political demands within five years, a damning review has found. The 10-year ...

Australia: Bipartisan fraud on “closing the gap” of Aboriginal poverty : The Labor government's release of the annual Closing the Gap report on indigenous disadvantage has been the occasion for more lies and crocodile tears about poverty in Aboriginal communities. Prime Minister Julia Gillard told parliament on February 6 ... Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Closing the Gap committee says PM's promise to Indigenous Australians being broken - The Closing the Gap steering committee says 'imposed, unengaged and often rushed' services are to blame for the lack of improvement in the lives of ...

Healing trauma key to closing the gap  - Seeing indigenous Australians through the prism of trauma could be the key to closing the gap with non- indigenous Australians , according to UOW's ...

Closing the Gap targets face overhaul - In 2008, the original Closing the Gap targets were developed without consultation from indigenous Australians and without the direct involvement of state and territory governments," Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said. "Targets were not as effective or as well directed as they should have ...

Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap “doomed to fail”  -  Indigenous Australians say Closing the Gap “doomed to fail” ... Losing battle: Brisbane Indigenous community leader Sam Watson is concerned for the ...

Closing the Gap on Indigenous Birth Registration : But for many Indigenous Australians this is not the case. Dinah Norman, Lanceton Norman and Sharnie Norman. Photo: John Bradley In a major project aimed at closing the gap on Indigenous birth registrations, researchers from Monash University's Faculty ...

Australia's “Closing the Gap” fraud: Indigenous conditions worsen  - Delivering the Australian government's annual “Closing the Gap” report on indigenous disadvantage to parliament last week, Prime Minister Malcolm ...

Everyone has a role to play in closing the gap between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australia ...  - Closing the gap between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australia is not just about grand speeches or moving Australia Day, it is about empowering ...

Slowly closing indigenous disadvantage gap : Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told parliament Australia is slowly closing the gap on indigenous disadvantage. Presenting the annual Closing the Gap report on Wednesday, Ms Gillard said two out of six targets were on track.

Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians : The University of Newcastle has renewed its commitment to closing the 17-year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australians .

Closing the gap is a major problem in Canberra too - As the PM conceded, on almost every measure we're failing as a nation to close the gap between indigenous and non- indigenous Australians .

Roadmap to Indigenous eye health is closing the gap - The gap in blindness in Indigenous communities has been halved since 2008 ... In his role as Chair of Indigenous Eye Health, Professor Taylor is also ... and members of the community in a mission to eliminate trachoma in Australia .

Closing the gap in indigenous health – a new way forward  - Data collected over the period 2010-2013 shows that the gap in life expectancy between indigenous and non- indigenous Australians is 10.6 years for ...

Calls for justice target in Closing the Gap report - Efforts to reduce the gap in health and life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people need a target to lower Aboriginal  ...

This is an emotional moment for me. We're closing the gap in Indigenous education  - The gap for Indigenous students completing Year 12 in Brisbane has closed – 98 % of ... Australia desperately needs more Indigenous teachers.

Closing the gap strategy set for overhaul - It has been almost 10 years since Commonwealth and State Governments committed to targets to close the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Turnbull lashed for failure to close the gap in indigenous disadvantage - The Closing the Gap campaign was agreed to under Kevin Rudd's prime ministership and coincided with his historic apology for wrongs done to indigenous Australians . It aimed to close the gap on indigenous disadvantage on a range of measures around health, mortality and education, but only one of ...