Other Resources

Annual report from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet regarding progress made towards the targets from the national Closing the Gap strategy. 

Banner available to use for National Close the Gap Day 2019 activities 

Petition available to use for National Close the Gap Day 2019.

Help gather supporter for this year's call to action. Send us back as many of these filled sheets as possible to Close the Gap Campaign, PO Box 77 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012

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KPMG Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project Impact Assessment. This report outlines the findings into the changes in Bourke during 2017. 

This review assesses the most significant national effort to date to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: the 2008 Council of Australian Governments Closing the Gap Strategy with its target to achieve life expectancy equality by 2030.  Ten-years after its commencement it is time to critically analyse why Australian governments have not yet succeeded in closing the health gap.  

On Monday 27 November outside Parliament House in Canberra, ANTaR and the Change the Record Campaign launched the Free to be Kids Plan of Action to tackle the over-imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth.

Royal Commission and Board of Inquiry into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory Findings and Recommendations

Read Rod Little, Co-Chair of National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, speech at the Redfern Statement Breakfast at Parliament House Canberra on 14 February 2017.

Annual report from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet detailing progress towards the National Closing the Gap Strategy. 

A guide to meeting with your local candidate.

A copy of the ANTaR Inc Constitution. Approved by members at AGM 29 November 2015.

Joint Statement following historic discussion between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives, the Prime Minister, and the Opposition Leader on recognising the First Australians in the Constitution. 

The National Justice Coalition today expressed concern that the Budget failed to include the targeted investment needed to change the record on the crisis levels of imprisonment and violence currently being experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 

This progress report by the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples provides an overview of recent developments, reflects on the roundtable discussion that took place on the 30th April 2013  with key stakeholders including ANTaR's National Director Gary Highland and discusses the committees role in the next steps towards Constitutional Recognition.

8 ways to get more involved and take action to support Constitutional change.

In 2011 the Expert Panel was tasked with reporting to Government on the options for constitutional change and approaches to a referendum that would be most likely to obtain widespread support across the Australian community. They engaged with fellow Australians in conversations that took place in communities, towns and cities across the country and which, gave the Panel invaluable insights into how people from many backgrounds and walks of life want to see their sense of nationhood and citizenship reflected in the Constitution.  This report outlines recommendations that includes substantive change to the Constitution, that recognises the true status of First Australians and that removes racial discrimination from the document.    

Bob Debus highlights the incarceration crisis in the Second Frank Walker Memorial Lecture - “The Things That Must Be Done…” ** Some Genuine Decision-Making Power: Dealing with the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the prison system