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Closing the Gap Review 2026

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Submissions received for Closing the Gap Review 2026 study.

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No.NameReceived
1
PDF documentAboriginal Housing Northern Territory (AHNT) (PDF 1.3 MB)
04/09/2026
2
PDF documentLYV Group (PDF 88.8 KB)
PDF documentAttachment: From commitment to outcome (PDF 1.4 MB)
07/09/2026
3
PDF documentAboriginal Males Healing Centre (AMHC) (PDF 264.2 KB)
PDF documentAttachment: Strong Spirit, Strong Families, Strong Culture (PDF 2.6 MB)
10/09/2026
4
PDF documentNgarra Aboriginal Corporation (PDF 629.5 KB)
PDF documentAttachment 1: Healing strong | Public evidence and outcomes overview (PDF 543.0 KB)
PDF documentAttachment 2: Ngarra Neurodevelopmental practice | Public evidence statement (PDF 491.6 KB)
14/09/2026
5
PDF documentEndangered Heritage Pty Ltd (PDF 288.1 KB)
Word documentEndangered Heritage Pty Ltd (DOCX 204.4 KB)
18/09/2026
6
PDF documentSEARMS Community Housing Aboriginal Corporation (PDF 221.0 KB)
Word documentSEARMS Community Housing Aboriginal Corporation (DOCX 56.6 KB)
24/09/2026
7
PDF documentJCL Productions Pty Ltd (PDF 129.9 KB)
25/09/2026
8
PDF documentCape York Institute for Policy and Leadership (CYIPL) (PDF 400.6 KB)
24/09/2026
9
PDF documentEmeritus Professor Jon Altman (PDF 316.6 KB)
01/10/2026
10
PDF documentTom Slockee (PDF 195.4 KB)
Word documentTom Slockee (DOCX 44.5 KB)
06/10/2026
11
PDF documentMichael Dillon (PDF 552.5 KB)
06/10/2026
12

Country Connect *

07/10/2026
13
PDF documentAnonymous (PDF 359.2 KB)
Word documentAnonymous (DOCX 56.0 KB)
07/10/2026
14
PDF documentWes Morris (PDF 806.0 KB)
PDF documentAttachment: Cultural resilience is key to First Nations wellbeing (PDF 4.3 MB)
09/10/2026
15
PDF documentWarrigunya Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation (PDF 322.1 KB)
Word documentWarrigunya Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation (DOCX 505.4 KB)
PDF documentAttachment 1: Closing the Gap outcomes that align with Warrigunya's mission (PDF 35.5 KB)
Word documentAttachment 1: Closing the Gap outcomes that align with Warrigunya's mission (DOCX 22.5 KB)
PDF documentAttachment 2: Needs to be sustainable (PDF 284.8 KB)
Word documentAttachment 2: Needs to be sustainable (DOCX 70.3 KB)
PDF documentAttachment 3: Warrigunya (Warrior's Home) on Country housing (PDF 1.6 MB)
12/10/2026
16
PDF documentPhilippe Foubert (PDF 659.4 KB)
15/10/2026
17
PDF documentDr Amanda Clarke (PDF 297.2 KB)
Word documentDr Amanda Clarke (DOCX 44.9 KB)
PDF documentAttachment: Author Biography and Selected Research (PDF 105.5 KB)
Word documentAttachment: Author Biography and Selected Research (DOCX 36.6 KB)
19/10/2026
18
PDF documentVictoria Daly Regional Council (PDF 567.7 KB)
20/10/2026
19
PDF documentCentre for Indigenous People and Work (CIPW) (PDF 265.0 KB)
20/10/2026
20
PDF documentPublic Skills Australia (PDF 324.9 KB)
Word documentPublic Skills Australia (DOCX 117.6 KB)
21/10/2026
21
PDF documentTranby Aboriginal Co-operative (PDF 2.5 MB)
22/10/2026
22
PDF documentMarninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre (MWRC) (PDF 252.1 KB)
PDF documentAttachment: Broken by design | We deserve homes that work: Public housing maintenance in the Kimberley (PDF 2.5 MB)
22/10/2026
23
PDF documentProf Asha Bowen OAM, Prof Paul Effler and Dr Stephanie Enkel (PDF 102.1 KB)
23/10/2026
24
PDF documentFirst Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN) (PDF 236.8 KB)
Word documentFirst Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN) (DOCX 425.9 KB)
23/10/2026
25
PDF documentAustralian Indigenous Governance Institute (AIGI) (PDF 270.6 KB)
23/10/2026
26
PDF documentTasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service (TALS) (PDF 366.6 KB)
23/10/2026
27
PDF documentSuicide Prevention Australia (PDF 342.7 KB)
23/10/2026
28
PDF documentAustralian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (PDF 145.2 KB)
23/10/2026
29
PDF documentTranby Aboriginal Co-operative and Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) (PDF 2.3 MB)
23/10/2026
30
PDF documentAurora Education Foundation (PDF 278.9 KB)
23/10/2026
31
PDF documentAustralian Human Rights Commission (PDF 232.0 KB)
23/10/2026
32
PDF documentData Policy Partnership (DPP) (PDF 481.9 KB)
23/10/2026
33
PDF documentMeaningful Ageing Australia (PDF 2.9 MB)
23/10/2026
34
PDF documentVictorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) (PDF 248.8 KB)
23/10/2026
35
PDF documentCity of Sydney (PDF 198.3 KB)
23/10/2026
36
PDF documentIndigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) (PDF 650.4 KB)
23/10/2026
37
PDF documentKieran Shirey (PDF 250.0 KB)
Word documentKieran Shirey (DOCX 44.9 KB)
23/10/2026
38
PDF documentAboriginal Housing Northern Territory (AHNT) (PDF 1.4 MB)
23/10/2026
39
PDF documentAdjunct Prof Ian Ring and Assoc Prof Kalinda Griffths (PDF 1.7 MB)
Word documentAdjunct Prof Ian Ring and Assoc Prof Kalinda Griffths (DOCX 1.5 MB)
24/10/2026
40

Inclusive and Diverse Communities Inc *

25/10/2026
41
PDF documentShane Hoffman (PDF 359.8 KB)
25/10/2026
42

Lowitja Institute *

25/10/2026
43
PDF documentSNAAIC (PDF 644.4 KB)
26/10/2026
44
PDF documentWA Department of Health - Communicable Disease Control Directorate (PDF 289.0 KB)
Word documentWA Department of Health - Communicable Disease Control Directorate (DOCX 164.1 KB)
26/10/2026
45
PDF documentOrange Local Aboriginal Land Council (PDF 204.1 KB)
26/10/2026
46

WA Department of Health – Sexual Health and Blood-Bourne Virus Program *

26/10/2026
47
PDF documentFirst Nations Advocates Against Family Violence (FNAAFV) (PDF 945.2 KB)
26/10/2026
48
PDF documentCongress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) (PDF 864.4 KB)
26/10/2026
49
PDF documentBurns Aldis (PDF 416.5 KB)
Word documentBurns Aldis (DOCX 160.8 KB)
PDF documentAttachment: Murdi Paaki Regional Aboriginal WorkForce Participation Strategy (PDF 2.6 MB)
Word documentAttachment: Murdi Paaki Regional Aboriginal WorkForce Participation Strategy (DOCX 11.0 MB)
26/10/2026
50
PDF documentAnglicare Australia (PDF 290.3 KB)
26/10/2026
51

Coming Soon

52
PDF documentMultiLit (PDF 168.3 KB)
26/10/2026
53
PDF documentQueensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) (PDF 285.2 KB)
26/10/2026
54
PDF documentNational Indigenous Employment and Training Alliance (PDF 1010.3 KB)
26/10/2026
55
PDF documentAustralian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) (PDF 242.6 KB)
26/10/2026
56
PDF documentBill Arthur (PDF 130.5 KB)
Word documentBill Arthur (DOCX 33.8 KB)
26/10/2026
57
PDF documentNational Wellbeing Alliance (NWA) (PDF 624.1 KB)
26/10/2026
58
PDF documentCommunity First Development (PDF 1.1 MB)
26/10/2026
59
PDF documentInternational Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) Australia (PDF 450.7 KB)
Word documentInternational Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) Australia (DOCX 74.5 KB)
26/10/2026
60
PDF documentVictorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) (PDF 1.2 MB)
26/10/2026
61
PDF documentNational Native Title Council (NNTC) (PDF 388.8 KB)
26/10/2026
62
PDF documentNational Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People (PDF 245.1 KB)
26/10/2026
63
PDF documentSenator Lidia Thorpe (PDF 255.1 KB)
26/10/2026
64

Aboriginal Housing Industry Association *

26/10/2026
65
PDF documentAustralian Association of Gerontology (AAG) (PDF 639.3 KB)
PDF documentAttachment: Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) submission to Productivity Commission Closing the Gap Review 2026 (PDF 83.1 KB)
26/10/2026
66
PDF documentAboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited (PDF 866.3 KB)
26/10/2026
67
PDF documentFAMS – NSW Family Services Inc (PDF 375.9 KB)
26/10/2026
68

NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Peak Organisations *

26/10/2026
69
PDF documentMission Australia (PDF 736.2 KB)
26/10/2026
70
PDF documentIndigenous Consumer Assistance Network (ICAN) (PDF 428.0 KB)
26/10/2026
71
PDF documentAboriginal Community Housing Industry Association (ACHIA) NSW Limited (PDF 437.7 KB)
26/10/2026
72

Office of the Children’s Commissioner Northern Territory *

26/10/2026
73
PDF documentBinarri-binyja yarrawoo (BBY) (PDF 5.1 MB)
PDF documentAttachment: East Kimberley Little Footprints Big Futures Partnership (PDF 5.8 MB)
26/10/2026
74
PDF documentNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance (NATSIWA) (PDF 1.7 MB)
26/10/2026
75
PDF documentJobs and Skills Councils (PDF 692.3 KB)
26/10/2026
76
PDF documentYarra Ranges Council (PDF 141.6 KB)
Word documentYarra Ranges Council (DOCX 37.1 KB)
26/10/2026
77
PDF documentDarwin Aboriginal Family Strengthening Collaboration (PDF 15.7 MB)
26/10/2026
78
PDF documentFirst Nations Economics (PDF 589.9 KB)
26/10/2026
79
PDF documentChildren’s Ground (PDF 475.8 KB)
26/10/2026
80
PDF documentMathew Dear (PDF 324.2 KB)
Word documentMathew Dear (DOCX 70.0 KB)
14/10/2026
81
PDF documentKowa Collaboration (PDF 1.6 MB)
27/10/2026
82
PDF documentCape York Institute for Policy and Leadership (PDF 1.6 MB)
27/10/2026
83
PDF documentLaw Council of Australia (PDF 310.2 KB)
26/10/2026
84
PDF documentNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ageing and Aged Care Council (NATSIAACC) (PDF 1.3 MB)
29/10/2026
85
PDF documentNorthern Peninsula Regional Area Council (PDF 456.6 KB)
PDF documentAttachment 1: Alcohol Management Plan Review (PDF 647.5 KB)
PDF documentAttachment 2: The MASIG Statement (PDF 169.2 KB)
30/10/2026
86
PDF documentheadspace (PDF 333.7 KB)
29/10/2026
87
PDF documentPharmacy Guild of Australia (PDF 216.6 KB)
30/10/2026
88
PDF documentAttorney-General's Department (PDF 360.6 KB)
Word documentAttorney-General's Department (DOCX 323.4 KB)
30/10/2026
89
PDF documentAboriginal Health Council of South Australia Ltd (AHCSA) (PDF 419.6 KB)
30/10/2026
90
PDF documentServices Australia (PDF 177.1 KB)
30/10/2026
91
PDF documentThe Hon Don Punch MLA - WA Government (PDF 269.5 KB)
30/10/2026
92
PDF documentClose the Gap - Campaign for Indigenous Health Equity (PDF 441.0 KB)
PDF documentAttachment: Community Voices: The Pathway to Justice, Equality and Healing - Close the Gap - Campaign for Indigenous Health Equity (PDF 11.1 MB)
02/11/2026
93
PDF documentAboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) (PDF 928.6 KB)
PDF documentAttachment: Ampe Rlterrke Amangkeme – Growing up strong children (PDF 1.3 MB)
02/11/2026
94
PDF documentNational Rural Health Alliance (PDF 498.3 KB)
02/11/2026
95
PDF documentThe Healing Foundation (PDF 465.8 KB)
PDF documentAttachment: From Sorry to action | A plan to act on Bringing them home (2026-2028) (PDF 4.6 MB)
02/11/2026
96
PDF documentCentre for Indigenous Policy Research (CIPR) (PDF 462.1 KB)
04/11/2026
97
PDF documentBrotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) (PDF 435.1 KB)
04/11/2026
98

Coming Soon

99
PDF documentDjirra (PDF 1.6 MB)
06/11/2026

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