New data show just four of the 19 targets are being met or are on track to be so. With such a poor track record, it’s time for a different approach.
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When First Nations people get the right support in the health system, their physical and mental health improves.
Indigenous Australians are less likely to use health services than non-Indigenous people – even when needed. So health services need to change.
Every state and territory must have these programs, but as was recently revealed in New South Wales, they’re often ineffective. There are better ways.
When fires and floods hit, Aboriginal communities are often left to recover without much, if any, government support.
Australia’s impossible housing crisis, One Nation as a political force, privatised education … how many of our problems can be traced back to John Howard?
New national research shows unmet housing need among First Nations households is double the rate of other Australians. But there are solutions.
New research examines the barriers faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women at work – and what they’re doing to challenge them.
Cheaper, more reliable satellite internet is transforming internet access in remote communities – for those who can afford it.
Aboriginal people in remote Australia have no choice but to live in homes too small for their families and face long waits for plumbing and washing machine repairs.
Former prime minister Bob Hawke regretted saying: ‘By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty’. But his broken promise still had a surprising impact.
The Family Wellbeing Program has decades of evidence backing it to help Indigenous people live better lives. Here’s how it works.
In an address in the Northern Territory, the prime minister outlines new native title funding and a mobile TAFE service.
New Closing the Gap data show Australia is on track to meet just four targets, while another four are getting worse. It’s time for a different approach.
After decades of trauma that’s still being felt today, the state has launched a redress scheme for survivors of the Stolen Generations - years after other states did the same.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to live in subpar housing than the rest of the population. But the fix is more than just building more homes.
Tamworth Council is the first to sign a Close the Gap agreement with local Aboriginal groups. Could it be a template for other regional areas to follow?
Distrust, systemic racism and fear all drive First Nations families away from using the court.
Since the Voice, policies to improve the lives of First Nations people haven’t gotten much traction. What are the major parties promising this election?
Two inquiries of recent times came with myriad recommendations to save Indigenous lives from domestic violence, but few have been acted upon.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Indigenous Health, Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer of Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Education and Research Centre, James Cook University
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Principal Research Fellow & Deputy Head of School, School of Education, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
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Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Dean, Medical School, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Research and Policy, UNSW