I believe Oxfam Australia will soon relase its shadow report in
response to the PM's CTG report, which I think will be of interest
too.

Karen


On 2/21/11, Dennis Ballard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I was wondering if the Australian government gave any indication as to the
> effect of taking military control of indigenous peoples live and lands since
> 2006. I think this would greatly affect the health and wellbeing of the
> indigenous population and identify any gaps in health services and systems
> in Australia.
>
> Dennis Ballard
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
> On 2011-02-19, at 3:37 AM, Karen McPhail-Bell <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello colleagues & friends
>>
>> Some of you may be interested in the attached report released last week,
>> which contains Australia's Prime Minister's annual Close the Gap report on
>> addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage, URL:
>> http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/pubs/closing_the_gap/2011_ctg_pm_report/Documents/2011_ctg_pm_report.pdf.
>>
>>
>> The report claims:
>> "In this third annual report on closing the gap, the Government sets out
>> the progress being made towards reaching the targets to:
>> • Close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
>> Australians by 2031.
>> • Halve the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five by
>> 2018.
>> • Ensure access to early childhood education for all Indigenous four year
>> olds in remote communities by 2013.
>> • Halve the gap in reading, writing and numeracy achievement for
>> Indigenous children by 2018.
>> • Halve the gap in Year 12 or equivalent attainment rates for Indigenous
>> young people by 2020.
>> • Halve the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and
>> non-Indigenous Australians by 2018.
>> Progress is being made against the closing the gap targets. For example,
>> significant improvements have been made in child mortality in recent
>> years, although the gap still remains too large. These improvements are
>> encouraging, but after decades of inaction and neglect achieving tangible
>> results in all areas will take ongoing investment and time."
>>
>> The full text of the Prime Minister’s speech is available at The
>> Australian:
>> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national‐affairs/pms‐closing‐the‐gap‐speech‐onindigenous‐australia‐in‐full/story‐fn59niix‐1226002750396
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Karen
>>
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