We are a representative body of more than 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled peak organisations and members. We came together as an act of self-determination to be formal partners with Australian governments and share in decision-making on Closing the Gap to improve the li| Coalition of Peaks
On the third Thursday in March every year, Australia marks the National Close the Gap Day when communities across Australia come together to highlight the issue of health equality and life expectancy for First Nations people as a fundamental right. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people still live, on average, 10-11 years less than non-Indigenous Austraians. Closing the life expectancy gap is a national issue in which every individual and organisation in Australia can and must play a ...| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre