Closing the Gap is the overarching national strategy to overcome the persistent
disadvantage faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. The policy has six …

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples live about 10 years less than non-Indigenous
Australians. Since 2006, the'closing the gap'campaign has been pursued in collaboration …

Executive Summary The Indigenous Australians' Health Programme (IAHP) spends $800 M
per year on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; approximately 60 …

It is well known and widely reported that Aboriginal Australians are sicker and, on average,
die much earlier than non-Aboriginal Australians (Australian Bureau of Statistics and the …

Since its first incarnation in 2008, the Closing Gap framework has, in essence, been focused
on health. Over the final decades of the 20th century an increased focus by government …

Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation reported that government Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander health and hospital service expenditure per person in 2010e11 …

Background In its Interim Report of December 2008, the National Health and Hospitals
Reform Commission (NHHRC) made a number of recommendations about the health of …

As an Aboriginal Noongar person from Whadjuk country (Perth) Western Australia, I have
seen first-hand the experiences and devastating impact of poor health and the effects of …

The health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continues to progress at a slow
rate with only minor improvements in health status reported in recent years. 1 Social …

The main purpose of the Overviewis to provide a comprehensive summary of the most
recent indicators of the health and current health status of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres …