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Review paper 1: Engagement approach
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Closing the Gap review

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Submissions received before the release of the draft report are listed here.
No. Name Pages Received
1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (PDF - 368.8 KB) 8 07/12/2022
  Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (Word - 1.7 MB)    
2 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) (PDF - 298.1 KB) 2 08/12/2022
3 Australian Education Union (AEU) (PDF - 1.2 MB) 23 12/12/2022
4 Qld Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) (PDF - 272.6 KB) 12 13/12/2022
5 Michael Dillon (PDF - 270.0 KB) 9 09/12/2022
  Michael Dillon (Word - 44.2 KB)    
6 Torres Shire Council (PDF - 485.2 KB) 8 15/12/2022
7 Aboriginal Family Legal Service WA (PDF - 271.2 KB) 9 09/12/2022
8 Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) (PDF - 283.2 KB) 4 12/12/2022
9 Community First Development (PDF - 713.5 KB) 13 09/12/2022
10 Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory (APO NT) (PDF - 234.6 KB) 6 14/12/2022
11 Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) (PDF - 708.0 KB) 40 16/12/2022
Attachment 1: ACTA Principles for Early Childhood Education (PDF - 527.8 KB) 20 16/12/2022
Attachment 2: National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect Education in Schools (PDF - 763.1 KB) 29 16/12/2022
Attachment 3: Recommendations to Address Key Problems in Remote NT Schools (PDF - 1.5 MB) 76 16/12/2022
Attachment 4: An analysis of pedagogical practice 2006 (PDF - 709.1 KB) 100 16/12/2022
Attachment 5: Effective Enrolment and Other Problems in NT Schools (PDF - 321.8 KB) 5 16/12/2022
12 Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) (PDF - 106.9 KB) 3 21/12/2022
Attachment: Solid Voices of Tomorrow Guide (PDF - 4.9 MB) 48 21/12/2022
13 Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (PDF - 438.0 KB) 15 12/12/2022
14 ANTAR (PDF - 1.0 MB) 9 21/12/2022
15 Lowitja Institute (PDF - 538.2 KB) 9 21/12/2022
16 Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) (PDF - 331.5 KB) 2 20/12/2022
17 Close the Gap Campaign (PDF - 277.3 KB) 12 20/12/2022
18 headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation (PDF - 478.1 KB) 15 22/12/2022
19 National Health Leadership Forum (NHLF) (PDF - 855.6 KB) 7 22/12/2022
20 Translational Research in Indigenous Language Ecologies Collective (TRILEC) and Australian National University (ANU) (PDF - 466.0 KB) 15 09/01/2023
21 Kinaway Chamber of Commerce (PDF - 209.6 KB) 7 09/01/2023
22 Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (AHCWA) Social Services Committee (PDF - 349.4 KB) 5 09/01/2023
23 Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC) (PDF - 370.5 KB) 12 02/01/2023
Attachment 1: Kimberley Co-design Guide (PDF - 5.4 MB) 22 02/01/2023
Attachment 2: Information for the Public Service Commission (PSC) (PDF - 436.6 KB) 21 02/01/2023
24 Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations (PDF - 328.0 KB) 6 30/01/2023
  Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations (Word - 141.8 KB)    
25 Coalition of Peaks (PDF - 423.8 KB) 4 06/02/2023
Attachment: Mapping the Capability and Resources of the Coalition of Peaks (PDF - 4.2 MB) 96 06/02/2023
26 William Arthur (PDF - 159.7 KB) 3 02/03/2023
  William Arthur (Word - 30.5 KB)    
Attachment 1: Mapping conventions and geographies (PDF - 1.3 MB) 2 02/03/2023
Attachment 2: Choropleth maps of Indigenous Australia (PDF - 15.2 KB) 2 02/03/2023
  Attachment 2: Choropleth maps of Indigenous Australia (Word - 18.2 KB)    
27 Annika David (PDF - 81.4 KB) 5 21/12/2022
  Annika David (Word - 44.4 KB)    
28 South Australian Government (PDF - 184.9 KB) 13 16/03/2023
29 Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) (PDF - 392.1 KB) 12 21/03/2023
Attachment: Impact Report 2021-22 (PDF - 2.9 MB) 48 21/03/2023
30 National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) (PDF - 176.3 KB) 5 19/04/2023
Attachment A: Closing the Gap Annual Report 2022 (PDF - 3.8 MB) 164 19/04/2023
Attachment B: Commonwealth Implementation Plan 2022 (PDF - 2.0 MB) 199 19/04/2023
Attachment C: Commonwealth Implementation Plan 2023 (PDF - 13.0 MB) 140 19/04/2023
Attachment D: Data Development Plan 2022-2030 (PDF - 1.1 MB) 36 19/04/2023
31 Coalition of Peaks (PDF - 1020.6 KB) 3 20/04/2023
32 NSW Government (PDF - 475.1 KB) 25 26/06/2023

Final submissions (67)

Submissions received after the release of the draft report are listed here.
No. Name Pages Received
33 Greg Evans (PDF - 150.9 KB) 2 26/07/2023
  Greg Evans (Word - 17.6 KB)    
34 Richard Quilty (PDF - 201.8 KB) 1 07/08/2023
  Richard Quilty (Word - 20.4 KB)    
35 National Native Title Council (NNTC) (PDF - 228.6 KB) 4 23/08/2023
36 Aboriginal Family Legal Service (AFLS) (PDF - 238.6 KB) 9 05/09/2023
37 Michael Dillon (PDF - 330.9 KB) 17 08/09/2023
  Michael Dillon (Word - 59.1 KB)    
38 Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) (PDF - 104.1 KB) 7 29/09/2023
39 Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Cultural Centre (PDF - 379.9 KB) 13 01/10/2023
40 Bill Arthur (PDF - 223.7 KB) 7 03/10/2023
  Bill Arthur (Word - 53.3 KB)    
41 Assoc Prof Morgan Brigg and Dr Prudence Brown (PDF - 192.2 KB) 5 04/10/2023
  Assoc Prof Morgan Brigg and Dr Prudence Brown (Word - 43.7 KB)    
42 ANTAR (PDF - 119.9 KB) 18 04/10/2023
  ANTAR (Word - 125.0 KB)    
43 Western Australia Government (PDF - 187.6 KB) 6 04/10/2023
44 ACT Government (PDF - 183.6 KB) 4 26/10/2023
Attachment: ACT Annual Report for National Closing the Gap Agreement 2023 (PDF - 5.0 MB) 68 26/10/2023
45 Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC) (PDF - 262.3 KB) 7 05/10/2023
46 Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) (PDF - 277.2 KB) 8 06/10/2023
47 National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (PDF - 489.2 KB) 4 27/09/2023
48 Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) (PDF - 217.9 KB) 7 06/10/2023
49 Humanists Victoria (PDF - 535.9 KB) 2 06/10/2023
50 Caroline Cavanagh (PDF - 90.3 KB) 6 06/10/2023
Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 46.3 KB) 1 06/10/2023
51 Jon Altman (PDF - 265.2 KB) 14 06/10/2023
  Jon Altman (Word - 70.1 KB)    
52 Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (AIGI) (PDF - 193.8 KB) 3 06/10/2023
53 Dharriwaa Elders Group (DEG) (PDF - 601.9 KB) 10 06/10/2023
54 South Australian Government (PDF - 372.5 KB) 31 06/10/2023
55 Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC) (PDF - 832.4 KB) 4 06/10/2023
56 Western Victoria Primary Health Network (WVPHN) (PDF - 220.4 KB) 4 06/10/2023
  Western Victoria Primary Health Network (WVPHN) (Word - 121.5 KB)    
57 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (PDF - 118.7 KB) 2 06/10/2023
  Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (Word - 53.5 KB)    
58 Coalition of Peaks (PDF - 1.0 MB) 6 06/10/2023
59 Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) (PDF - 183.8 KB) 7 06/10/2023
  Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) (Word - 136.6 KB)    
60 National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) (PDF - 118.1 KB) 4 10/10/2023
Attachment A: Commonwealth information in relation to draft recommendations (PDF - 126.0 KB) 4 10/10/2023
Attachment B: Examples of Commonwealth action to implement the priority reforms (PDF - 764.9 KB) 13 10/10/2023
Attachment C: Commonwealth Response to Information Requests (PDF - 420.9 KB) 49 03/11/2023
61 First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group (PDF - 207.1 KB) 4 10/10/2023
62 Institute of Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) (PDF - 1.3 MB) 38 10/10/2023
63 Indigenous Education Consultative Meeting (IECM) (PDF - 203.4 KB) 6 11/10/2023
  Indigenous Education Consultative Meeting (IECM) (Word - 44.1 KB)    
64 Yothu Yindi Foundation Aboriginal Corporation (YYF) (PDF - 356.5 KB) 9 12/10/2023
65 Ngaweeyan Maar-oo (PDF - 233.0 KB) 5 12/10/2023
66 Change the Record (PDF - 105.3 KB) 9 12/10/2023
67 Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) (PDF - 274.6 KB) 7 13/10/2023
68 Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) (PDF - 331.0 KB) 9 13/10/2023
69 Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory (APO NT) (PDF - 388.8 KB) 26 13/10/2023
70 Northern Territory Government (PDF - 314.0 KB) 13 13/10/2023
71 National Close the Gap Campaign (PDF - 646.5 KB) 21 12/10/2023
72 Children's Ground (PDF - 1.2 MB) 18 16/10/2023
73 The Maiam nayri Wingara Executive Members (PDF - 141.8 KB) 2 17/10/2023
Attachment: Knowledge and power: the tale of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data (PDF - 149.2 KB) 5 17/10/2023
74 Department of Social Services (PDF - 410.4 KB) 24 18/10/2023
Attachment A: Case studies of work to implement the Priority Reforms across the Social Services Portfolio (PDF - 651.0 KB) 8 18/10/2023
Attachment B: Visual diagram of the portfolio’s strategic approach to Priority Reform 3 (PDF - 193.8 KB) 1 18/10/2023
Attachment C: Roadmap of Social Service portfolio initiatives to implement the Priority Reforms (PDF - 585.1 KB) 2 18/10/2023
Attachment D: Full response received from the First Peoples Disability Network (PDF - 81.3 KB) 2 18/10/2023
75 Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) (PDF - 290.7 KB) 7 19/10/2023
76 Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) (PDF - 641.3 KB) 23 20/10/2023
77 NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Peaks (NSW CAPO) (PDF - 270.2 KB) 15 15/11/2023
  NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Peaks (NSW CAPO) (Word - 285.0 KB)    
Attachment: PR3 – Government Accountability Mechanism (PDF - 1.5 MB) 14 15/11/2023
  Attachment: PR3 – Government Accountability Mechanism (PPTX - 2.7 MB)    
78 Office of the National Data Commissioner (PDF - 477.4 KB) 2 25/10/2023
79 First Languages Australia (FLA) and Languages Policy Partnership (LPP) (PDF - 146.6 KB) 3 30/09/2023
Attachment: Letter (PDF - 237.0 KB) 1 30/10/2023
80 Kowa Collaboration (PDF - 85.2 KB) 6 27/10/2023
81 Allies for Children and the First Nations Non-Government Alliance (PDF - 271.4 KB) 12 30/10/2023
  Allies for Children and the First Nations Non-Government Alliance (Word - 181.2 KB)    
82 Djirra (PDF - 440.1 KB) 8 27/10/2023
Attachment 1: Yoorrook Justice Commission – Djirra submission (PDF - 459.2 KB) 22 27/10/2023
Attachment 2: Yoorrook Justice Commission – Djirra opening statement (PDF - 207.8 KB) 9 27/10/2023
83 Law Council of Australia (PDF - 135.3 KB) 1 27/10/2023
Attachment: Submission report (PDF - 648.7 KB) 40 27/10/2023
84 National Health Leadership Forum (NHLF) (PDF - 324.2 KB) 12 27/10/2023
85 Lowitja Institute (PDF - 264.1 KB) 15 30/10/2023
86 Universities Australia (UA) (PDF - 198.8 KB) 5 30/10/2023
87 Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS) (PDF - 851.3 KB) 11 30/10/2023
88 AbSec (PDF - 248.5 KB) 9 30/10/2023
  AbSec (Word - 329.7 KB)    
Attachment: Family is Culture report card (PDF - 4.9 MB) 23 30/10/2023
89 Empowered Communities (EC) (PDF - 894.3 KB) 12 31/10/2023
90 Tasmanian Government (PDF - 73.3 KB) 5 31/10/2023
Attachment: Letter (PDF - 120.3 KB) 1 31/10/2023
91 Binarri-binyja yarrawoo Aboriginal Corporation (PDF - 279.0 KB) 3 01/11/2023
92 Justice Policy Partnership (JPP) (PDF - 277.5 KB) 19 08/11/2023
  Justice Policy Partnership (JPP) (Word - 74.7 KB)    
93 Cape York Institute (PDF - 574.0 KB) 18 01/11/2023
94 Maggie Walter and Ray Lovett (PDF - 235.3 KB) 5 06/11/2023
  Maggie Walter and Ray Lovett (Word - 40.1 KB)    
95 First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) (PDF - 457.9 KB) 23 14/11/2023
96 SNAICC (PDF - 350.0 KB) 26 13/11/2023
Attachment A: Stronger ACCOs Stronger families (PDF - 1.7 MB) 56 13/11/2023
Attachment B: Kids come first framework (PDF - 856.1 KB) 32 13/11/2023
97 Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) (PDF - 305.5 KB) 5 16/11/2023
98 Victorian Government (PDF - 364.3 KB) 13 24/11/2023
99 NSW Joint CAPO and Government Priority Reform 4 and Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance program * in confidence content omitted - 20/10/2023

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C1 Comments made to the Closing the Gap Review study (PDF - 75 KB) - 20/12/2022
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Review paper 2: Proposed Approach and invitation to engage with the Review

Review paper 3: What we have heard to date — first phase of engagement

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