11 December 2008
“CLOSE THE GAP” CAMPAIGN BRINGS RESULTS
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has announced that an injection of an additional $1.6 billion into closing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians will be made over the next four years.
Additional funds for Indigenous housing were also announced – housing has been shown to be one of the key social determinants affecting Indigenous health.
These measures have been part of the focus of the Close the Gap campaign conducted for the past two years by a coalition of over forty organizations to urge the Federal, State and Territory governments to commit to closing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
This recent announcement represents a significant step towards ending the crisis in indigenous health and again demonstrates what is possible when “ordinary” people join together to demand justice and exercise their responsibility to hold governments accountable for their actions.
Additional funds for Indigenous housing were also announced – housing has been shown to be one of the key social determinants affecting Indigenous health.
These measures have been part of the focus of the Close the Gap campaign conducted for the past two years by a coalition of over forty organizations to urge the Federal, State and Territory governments to commit to closing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
This recent announcement represents a significant step towards ending the crisis in indigenous health and again demonstrates what is possible when “ordinary” people join together to demand justice and exercise their responsibility to hold governments accountable for their actions.
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