Latest Closing the Gap News

Shared Decision-Making Committee Meeting
Closing The Gap in Doomadgee with $3.7 million critical infrastructure investment
Interim committee to lead Boomanulla Oval’s transition to community control
First sod turned for Bourke’s new Aboriginal Child and Family Centre
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy Radio interview: ABC Radio Darwin Mornings
Indigenous Centre of Vocational Excellence to strengthen First Nations skills and jobs
Australia’s glowing report card to the UN ignores a youth justice system in crisis
National Roundtable Calls for Urgent Action on Murdered and Disappeared Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women and Children
Culturally Tailored Care Lifts Healthy Birth Rates
Closing The Gap in Torres Strait, Far North with $13 million critical infrastructure investment
Phone service established for First Nations people with disability
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy Television interview: NITV The Point
Partnership to Unearth First Nations Languages from Australian Museum Archives
GBK Secures First Nations Skills Funding for Torres and Endeavour Straits
Celebrating Language, Culture And People
2026 Tiwi Festival Keeping Culture Strong
Investing In Tomorrow’s First Nations Leaders Today
Australian Human Rights Commission disappointed with Australian Government’s response to major human rights review of Australia
Djabugay officer drives deadly change
Albanese Government lectures others on human rights but does nothing new at home
New Kids Hub set to open as mental health services reach thousands in the ACT
New Kids Hub set to open as mental health services reach thousands in ACT
Empowering Aboriginal Women Businesses On North Coast
Rights, not rhetoric: Report calls time on Government inaction
Australian mining backs practical refinements to native title  
Tabling of the Australian Law Reform Commission report on the future acts regime in the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)
Courts left behind in NSW Budget infrastructure ‘bonanza’
Queensland Budget signals welcome investment in prevention and primary care
RACGP commends NSW Budget’s support for patients leaving hospital as GPs prepare for ADHD and Thriving Kids changes
Closing the Gap, supporting women and strengthening communities
New documentary captures mission to bring birthing back on Country
New Primary Health Care Centre Opens In Maningrida
Primary Health Care Centre Opens In Maningrida
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy Radio interview: 4CA Cairns Breakfast
Navy recognises Indigenous Development Program graduates
NSW Releases Its First Cultural Fire Strategy |
Bourke Takes a Major Step Forward in Community Health
Supporting First Nations Mothers And Babies
NSW research trials report outcomes for women’s health: pharmacist-led UTI and oral contraceptive services
NDIS Amendment Bill 2026
NSW Government expands support to unlock diverse startup talent across the state
The Remote Laundries Project is improving health and Closing the Gap for Indigenous communities
$7 Million More As Preterm Birth Prevention Program Delivers
Major investment to grow First Nations tourism and strengthen NSW visitor economy
ACT Budget 26-27: Delivering for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Canberrans
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy TV Interview – ABC News Breakfast
New support program to keep Aboriginal families safe in regional and remote NSW
Calls for reform following the DPP decision announced on the one-year anniversary of Kumanjayi White’s death