Tag: Close the Gap
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Indigenous Australians’ incarceration Gap widens during the pandemic
Introduction: Today on national Close the Gap day, the Public Health Association of Australia released a statement about the rising rate of incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, detailing how it is a serious public health issue and human rights violation linked to ongoing systemic racism and discrimination…
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New report calls for action to confront our nation’s collective racism
Dr Summer May Finlay For reconciliation to be effective, it must involve truth-telling, and actively address issues of inequality, systemic racism and instances where the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are ignored, denied or reduced, according to Karen Mundine, Chief Executive Officer of Reconciliation Australia, in a new…