Close the Gap on remote health: When you live remotely, access to health care can be a real challenge. But that shouldn’t be a reason for us to give up on providing quality services to those who need them, wherever they live. In a nation as wealthy and developed as Australia,

.iSISTAQUIT Closing the gap on pregnant women vaping and smoking

We need systems that keep people well, not the systems that pick them up after they’re broken For Fiona Stanley one of Australia’s leading experts in epidemiology, child and maternal health, and Indigenous health, these issues are all part of a bigger picture: rethinking what

Victoria is set to get its own Voice to parliament, with the state government moving to beef-up and make permanent a taxpayer-funded body that could have a say in all policy areas on behalf of Indigenous Victorians. Supporters and critics alike say the expansion of the First

After more than 4-years and 1,300 submissions, Australia's first Indigenous-led truth-telling inquiry has handed down its final report. It found the state’s First Peoples have endured crimes against humanity & genocide since the beginning of colonisation abc.net.au/news/2025-07-0…

As NAIDOC Week approaches, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) embraces this year’s theme: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy. This theme resonates deeply with our 146 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations

Close the Gap on Truth Telling Katie Kiss - Social Justice Commissioner Our President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Hugh de Kretser, has today written an opinion piece for The Canberra Times, reflecting on how the truth-telling process can change the perspectives of

Watch the ABC TV interview with Katie Kiss - Social Justice Commissioner Victoria’s Yoorrook Justice Commission has delivered its final report on the history of injustice against Indigenous people in the state. It calls the history a genocide. The report's authors want the

Close the Gap on Truth Telling : As Victoria's truth telling commission hands down its final reports, First Nations leaders across Victoria are reflecting on the landmark findings. The Yoorrook Justice Commission's two reports - Yoorrook for Transformation, and Yoorrook Truth Be

Congratulations Micheal Long on being awarded the National NAIDOC lifetime achievement award Star footballer, activist, reformist, leader: Michael Long has worn many labels in his 55 years. Now there is a new label to describe the Anmatjere and Marranunggu man from the Tiwi

Blak leadership and strength were celebrated at this year's National NAIDOC Week Awards on Saturday in Noongar Whadjuk Boorloo (Perth), with more than a thousand people from across the country in attendance. It was a tough competition with the judges sifting through 200

Close the Gap on Truth Telling : Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy says "now is the time" to consider a federal truth-telling process. Australia's first truth-telling inquiry, Victoria's Yoorrook Justice Commission, last week found First Peoples of the state

Close the Gap on Racism :Yuendumu leader Ned Hargraves says Northern Territory Coroner Elizabeth Armitage’s report on the police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker is an unprecedented acknowledgment of the racism his people face. From the Australian July 9 “The important thing is

Australia’s colonial era may be formally over but its legacies of inequality, land dispossession and systemic racism continue to shape daily life for First Peoples. Last week, the Victorian Yoorrook Justice Commission delivered its two final reports to the Victorian governor,

Megan Krakouer is a Noongar justice advocate demands a WA truth-telling commission led by Aboriginal people. A real Voice to WA Parliament, not another advisory board. A treaty process, based in sovereignty, land justice, and shared power. An end to police brutality and coronial

Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue the greatest Indigenous leader of the modern era made progress where others could not. Her public policy work is admired across the political divide. Now an exhibition of Dr O’Donoghue’s extraordinary life and influence tells her story in a deeply

Close the Gap #diabetes #smoking #vaping #NationalDiabetesWeek! Research indicates smoking raises insulin resistance & type 2 diabetes risk for both men & women. Recent studies also suggest vaping might affect blood sugar and pre-diabetes risk. Let's promote smoke-free

My opinion piece in the SMH: Megan Davis is Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous UNSW and a professor of law at UNSW Law. The RCIADIC recommendations on non-criminal justice system solutions are critical to a way forward. The pursuit of these should not form part of the closing the

On 07 August 2025 marks the 5th NDoR for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners. The theme, ‘Partnering for a Purpose’ highlights the growing recognition of genuine collaboration can drive meaningful change NAATSIHWP

Close the Gap on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention The Australian Productivity Commission interim report on the review of the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement, recommends including a separate schedule to strengthen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander