Close the Gap

Nationhood, Recognition and the deadly incarceration pandemic

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Australia in 2021 is a Dickensian periodical morphing into a ‘choose your own adventure’ where the state of things is entirely open to your worldview.

Paul Wright

Misery profits: Woolworths’ selective listening on a new mega alcohol supermarket in Darwin

The decision in recent days by the Northern Territory’s Liquor Licensing Director to green light the construction of a huge Woolworths owned alcohol retail store within walking distance of Aboriginal communities, is an outrage on every level. 

Paul Wright and Eddie Cubillo

Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women's Voices): Securing Our Rights, Securing Our Future

At the launch of the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) report in Broome last week, the Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM observed that that the release of the report marked a line in the sand for our First Nations women and girls, and for all Australians. 

June Oscar AO, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner 

Who knows best about the Cashless Debit Card?

In the next two weeks the Federal Senate will be voting on a Bill to indefinitely extend the Cashless Debit Card (CDC) program and apply it to the entire Northern Territory and Cape York.

Janet Hunt

When we get it right in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, we get it right for everyone

I often describe myself as an Aboriginal man who loves being a doctor and working one-on one with patients.

Peter O’Mara