Tag Archives: Closing the Gap

Progress lagging on life expectancy gap

By Tracker, June 5, 2013

NATIONAL: More action is needed to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to meet the 2031 target, a national report warns.

Posted in Breaking News, News | Also tagged Close the Gap, COAG, Indigenous Health, Life Expectancy | Leave a comment

EVIDENTLY: Finding the truth in the employment gap

By Jon Altman, February 28, 2013

NATIONAL: During the first week or two of the new parliamentary sitting calendar the Prime Minister reports annually on progress in Closing the Gap between Indigenous and other Australians, writes JON ALTMAN.

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged CDEP, Indigenous employment | Leave a comment

Alcohol bans discriminatory: Newman

By Tracker, February 6, 2013

QUEENSLAND: Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says alcohol bans in Indigenous communities are “discriminatory” and he’ll press on with a review despite a warning from Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Posted in News | Also tagged Alcohol Management Plans, Campbell Newman, Glen Elmes, Julia Gillard | Leave a comment

Closing the information gap

By Amy McQuire, March 20, 2012

NATIONAL: Labor’s progress in closing the gap could be hampered by an information gap.

Posted in General News, News | Also tagged Edition 11, Indigenous Health, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd | Leave a comment

EVIDENTLY: Policy by numbers a dangerous charade

By Jon Altman, March 19, 2012

NATIONAL: PROF JON ALTMAN* analyses the government’s Closing the Gap report card, which is disturbing light on outlining its progress in eliminating Indigenous disadvantage.

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Close the Gap, COAG, Edition 11, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott | Leave a comment

Report card should have focused on cities: Wyatt

By Tracker, February 16, 2012

Member for Hasluck Ken Wyatt is the only Aboriginal member of the federal House of Representatives.

NATIONAL: The only Aboriginal member of federal parliament says the latest Closing the Gap report into disadvantage doesn’t look enough at urban Aboriginal people.

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Call for target on Aboriginal prison rate

By Tracker, February 15, 2012

NATIONAL: Aboriginal leaders say Indigenous incarceration rates are going through the roof and an official target is needed stop future generations wasting their lives in jail.

Posted in Breaking News, News | Also tagged ANTaR, Indigenous incarceration, Jody Broun, Mick Gooda, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Rachel Siewert | Leave a comment

Gillard hands down fourth Indigenous report card

By Amy McQuire, February 15, 2012

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

NATIONAL: Prime Minister Julia Gillard has delivered the fourth report on Labor’s efforts to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia.

Posted in General News, News | Also tagged COAG, Indigenous education, Indigenous Health, Julia Gillard, Noel Pearson, Tony Abbott, Warren Mundine | Leave a comment

Gillard delays annual Indigenous report card

By Amy McQuire, February 13, 2012

NATIONAL: Labor has again broken a key promise to Aboriginal Australia, delaying its inaugural report card on progress in Indigenous affairs for the fourth year in a row.

Posted in General News, News | Also tagged Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Nigel Scullion, Rachel Siewert, Stephen Ryan | 3 Comments

EVIDENTLY: A new intervention?

By Jon Altman, November 1, 2011

Prime Minister Julia Gillard releasing the discussion paper Stronger Futures. (AAP IMAGE/ALAN PORRITT)

NATIONAL: This month, the Gillard government announced its Stronger Futures report into the future of the Northern Territory Intervention. But did the “old” intervention actually improve the lives of NT Aboriginal communities, asks PROF JON ALTMAN*.

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Edition 8, NT, NT Intervention, Stronger Futures | 7 Comments