The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Mr Anand Grover, has raised concerns that efforts to close the gap in Indigenous health are still not supported by a comprehensive national Indigenous health plan. Read full release »
The Close the Gap campaign today welcomed ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope’s public commitment to end Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality in the ACT. Read full release »
Life in a wheat-belt town hit hard by suicide is seen through the eyes of young people in a special Close the Gap photographic exhibition in Perth. Read full release »
More than 30,000 people across Australia are today taking part in National Close the Gap Day (Thursday 25 March) to send a strong message to government to get its approach right on addressing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health crisis. Read full release »
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance announced this morning by Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin could be a step forward in giving a voice to women whose concerns need to be heard, Oxfam Australia said today. Read full release »
Show your support for ending the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health crisis by holding an event to mark the fourth annual National Close the Gap Day on Thursday 25 March. Read full release »
The Prime Minister’s honouring of his commitment to report back to Parliament on closing the gap in Indigenous health equality is an important contribution to monitoring progress, but key elements are still missing, Chair of the Close the Gap Steering Committee Tom Calma said today. Read full release »
Applications are being sought from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from across the country for Oxfam’s Straight Talk Summit in Canberra, from 7 – 10 March 2010. Read full release »
Oxfam Australia is hosting a gathering for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth in Melbourne next week to help develop and inspire the next generation of community leaders, advocates and decision makers. Read full release »
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people around the country will be able to learn more about their human rights as well as their rights as Indigenous peoples and how best to use them to help their communities, with the launch of a new practical guide. The guide, “Free and Equal”, has been produced by Oxfam Australia and the Diplomacy Training Program. Read full release »
The National Rugby League (NRL) today became the first sporting code to sign up to Close the Gap, Australia's largest ever campaign to improve the life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Read full release »
The Close the Gap campaign will be watching tomorrow's Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Darwin to see if governments commit to genuine partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Read full release »
The $200 million injection into Indigenous health in the Federal Budget builds on the Government's unprecedented commitments over the past year, but significant investment is still needed to ensure the government stays on target to Close the Gap. Read full release »
Thousands of Australians will take part in events to mark the third annual National Close the Gap Day on Thursday 2 April, to urge State and Federal Governments to end the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health crisis. Read full release »
The Close the Gap coalition has welcomed the Rudd Government's Report Card on closing the gap in Indigenous life outcomes, in particular the $58.3 million over four years for eye and ear health - with a trachoma element - and the appointment of a Coordinator General for remote Indigenous services. Read full release »
Women from all sides of politics will sit down with 88 Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander women from around the country to talk about the issues facing indigenous communities in an historic national summit held by international aid agency Oxfam Australia at Parliament House on Friday 27 February. Read full release »
Emergency funding provided by international aid agency Oxfam for health services to halt the Narrogin suicide crisis ran out on Saturday. Read full release »
The Close The Gap coalition has congratulated the Council of Australian Governments on taking substantial steps towards making health equality for Indigenous Australians a reality. Read full release »
In a groundbreaking event to be held in Canberra next February, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women will work side by side with women of all political colours to achieve change together. Read full release »
International aid agency Oxfam is calling on both Federal and State Governments to take 'critical and urgent action' so that further lives are not lost in the township of Narrogin, Western Australia. Read full release »