This is the second report on the Australian Government’s program to reduce the gaps in life opportunities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Progress is reported against the targets relating to […]

In this third annual report on closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage, the Government states that its agenda is driven by three important imperatives: to overcome decades of under-investment in […]

Highlights the significant improvements in the area of child mortality; records strong improvements for Indigenous children in National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy results; acknowledges that a partnership approach […]

Shows some progress on targets to reduce indigenous disadvantage: with improved access to pre-schools for children in remote communities, better results for indigenous students in year 12 and a decrease […]

The 2022 Implementation Plan continues to document how the Queensland Government is addressing the Priority Reforms and socio-economic targets in the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. It also reflects […]

This opinion piece, delivered as the University of Newcastle’s 2007 Human Rights and Social Justice Lecture, has called the Australian Government to task over its treatment of Aboriginal children. In […]

This Annual Report tracks the progress of the Coalition of Peaks over the months following the release of the National Agreement, from July 2021 to August 2022, highlighting the work […]

Abstract In recent years, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Queensland courts have sought to rely on a range of ‘diversionary’ practices such as youth justice conferencing and cautioning as […]

In November 2019, the Committee on Children and Young People self-referred an inquiry into the impact on children from having an imprisoned parent. In this report, the policies to support […]

The Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department’s written submission to the Review of the Indigenous Legal Assistance Program (ILAP).