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Closing the gap on Indigenous education must start with commitment and respect

  • Written by: Peter Buckskin, Dean, Aboriginal Engagement & Strategic Projects, University of South Australia
Closing the gap on Indigenous education must start with commitment and respect

There were angry rumblings at last week’s meeting of Indigenous leaders and the Prime Minister and in the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee Report. They will get significantly louder with today’s release of the 10th Annual Closing the Gap Report.

Blame will mostly fall to successive governments for the few wins and many failures...

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To close the health gap, we need programs that work. Here are three of them

  • Written by: Neale Cohen, General Manager Diabetes Services, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
To close the health gap, we need programs that work. Here are three of themWe're unlikely to be any closer to meeting the Closing the Gap targets than last year.from shutterstock.com

The tenth Closing the Gap report to be tabled in Parliament today is expected to show progress in the two health targets – to close the gap in life expectancy by 2031 and halve the child mortality (death) gap by 2018. But only the...

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Science Meets Parliament doesn't let the rest of us off the hook

  • Written by: Rachel A. Ankeny, Professor of History, University of Adelaide
Science Meets Parliament doesn't let the rest of us off the hookScience Meets Parliament offers scientists a rare glimpse inside Australia's parliamentary system. Social Estate on Unsplash

Science Meets Parliament, scheduled to take place this week in Canberra, is now in its nineteenth year.

Over February 14 and 15 2018, around 200 scientists and technologists will meet with parliamentarians, hear from key...

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  2. Banks and financial providers one step ahead of consumers who struggle with personal bias
  3. Governments can't be trusted to deliver welfare standards for chickens
  4. The rise and fall of Ben Ean Moselle and what it says about Australian society
  5. King tides and rising seas are predictable, and we're not doing enough about it
  6. US approach to security is deeply troubling – and it's not just about Trump
  7. Closing the Gap results still lag, as Shorten pledges compensation fund for Stolen Generations
  8. Labor moves in on the Barnaby Joyce affair
  9. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the private lives of our politicians
  10. Health Check: how can extreme heat lead to death?
  11. Two Koreas working together on Winter Olympics is a small but important step toward peace
  12. Hidden depths: why groundwater is our most important water source
  13. Five active volcanoes on my Asia Pacific 'Ring of Fire' watch-list right now
  14. Kokoda Track blockade alludes to deeper development issues in Papua New Guinea
  15. How copyright law is holding back Australian creators
  16. Sustainable shopping: your guilt-free guide to flowers this Valentine's Day
  17. Public hospital blame game – here's how we got into this funding mess
  18. Essays On Air: Why grown-ups still need fairy tales
  19. Vital Signs: future expectations causing sharemarket gyrations and interest rate doubts
  20. Proposed new regulations for 3D printed medical devices must go further
  21. The larrikin as leader: how Bob Hawke came to be one of the best (and luckiest) prime ministers
  22. This is how WestConnex can deliver Sydney a better city centre
  23. Friday essay: ‘It’s not over in the homes’ – impotence, domestic violence and former POWs
  24. Grattan on Friday: Is Barnaby's baby a matter of public interest or just of interest to the public?
  25. World-first genetic analysis reveals Aussie white shark numbers
  26. Does a sugar tax cause alcohol sales to spike? The research doesn't give a decisive answer
  27. Whistleblowers still in the firing line from foreign influence and official secrets laws
  28. I've been diagnosed with iron deficiency, now what?
  29. Politics podcast: Mark Dreyfus on changing the government's foreign interference bill
  30. The off-topic Conversation #151
  31. Closing the gap in Indigenous literacy and numeracy? Not remotely – or in cities
  32. CBA's board needs to take ultimate responsibility for the bank's failings
  33. Sense, think, act: the principle that governs everything from rocket landings to interest rates
  34. 2018 Winter Olympics set to begin against the backdrop of warm words and cold politics
  35. Australia's financial regulators need policing
  36. Unions can't just rely on promises of favourable laws to regain lost ground
  37. Labor's 2% cap on private health insurance premium rises won't fix affordability
  38. Listen to abuse survivors and advocates to clear the way to a national redress scheme
  39. How a German migrant planted citizen science in Australia – and why it worked
  40. Australia's jobs and migration policies are not making the best use of qualified migrants
  41. Explainer: the symbolism of The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry cycle
  42. NSW could lead the way in educating students with a disability
  43. Putting the pieces together to create safe public spaces for all
  44. George Brandis warns Liberals against rise of populist right
  45. Government unmoved by Labor MP Susan Lamb's emotional story
  46. Snowboarding and freeskiing got the Olympics by carving their own path
  47. How to use critical thinking to spot false climate claims
  48. Private health insurance rebates don't serve their purpose. Let's talk about scrapping them
  49. The Hendra vaccine has no effect on racehorse performance
  50. Russian Olympic doping saga shows need for a radically different approach

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