Aboriginal flag to have permanent home on Harbour Bridge Federal A third flagpole will be installed on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, to give the Aboriginal flag a permanent home.
Closing the Gap funds for Queensland Monday March 21, 2022 By Tom Ravlic News The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health in QLD has received $1.4 million from the state government to establish a local early childhood wellbeing program.
Premium The Select Committee The year that was and the year ahead – The Select Committee (part 2) Tuesday December 14, 2021 By Chris Johnson Part 2 of 'what do you think was achieved in 2021 and what was lacking on the public service front, and what should be priorities…
Conversations begin to close the digital gap Friday September 24, 2021 By Jackson Graham Communications & Technology A federal discussion paper flags digital inclusion for Indigenous Australians — across access, affordability and digital ability — as being below the national average. …
Close the Gap report says 2020 reinforced need for large-scale systemic reform Thursday March 18, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Among its 15 recommendations, the campaign has called on governments to fully implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart and a constitutionally enshrined First Nations…
Shared decision-making crucial to improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Productivity Commission finds Thursday December 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social A new report highlights the need for a 'bottom-up' approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander involvement in decision-making and policy design, to improve life…
Vic government and First Peoples’ Assembly to hold first Treaty negotiation meeting Monday August 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Aboriginal affairs minister Gabrielle Williams and assembly co-chairs Geraldine Atkinson and Marcus Stewart will meet virtually to begin the negotiations, which they have said would…
SES to have 3% Indigenous employee representation by 2024 under new APS workforce strategy Friday July 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The government has released a five-year workforce strategy to increase and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment across the Australian Public Service. Launched on…
Changing tack, Closing the Gap report looks on the bright side Wednesday February 15, 2017 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology There is good reason to try to keep public discourse around Indigenous affairs policy balanced, rather than always focusing on the negatives, as the federal…
Evaluation 'the key' to traction on hard policy challenges Friday December 11, 2015 By Stephen Easton Community & Social Setting targets, like COAG did for combined efforts to Close the Gap, is useful but should not be the main focus of attempts to get…