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The Closing the Gap framework is a strategy by the Commonwealth and state and territory governments of Australia that aims to reduce disparity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians on key health, education and economic opportunity targets.
Close the Gap (CTG) is a social justice campaign focused on Indigenous Australians' health, in which peak Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous health bodies, NGOs and human rights organisations work together to achieve health equality in Australia. The Campaign was launched in April 2007.
Its main purpose is to negotiate with the various Australian governments (Commonwealth and state and territory) regarding a national agreement on the Closing the Gap framework. Closing the Gap is a government strategy that aims to reduce disparity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians on key health ...
Launched in 2008 when the government delivered a historic apology to Indigenous Australians for mistreatment, the "closing the gap" initiative targets inequalities between Indigenous and non ...
In July 2019, at the end of the first 10-year phase of Closing the Gap, the National Indigenous Australians Agency was established in July 2019, under the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, [32] [33] and this agency is now responsible for "lead[ing] and coordinat[ing] the development and implementation of Australia's Closing the ...
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Australia, Japan, Hong Kong welcome 2025: See pictures of celebrations. Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY. December 31, 2024 at 9:59 AM. Cue the fireworks because it's now 2025 in some parts of the world.
2008: Closing the Gap government strategy and funding commitment begins; 2009: Australia recognises the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (passed in 2007) for the first time; 2010: Ken Wyatt becomes the first Aboriginal person in the Australian House of Representatives