The original Close the Gap campaign was started by a group of Non-govnerment Organisations (NGOs). What do they have to say about Close the Gap day? Of course the following listed NGOs are not comprehensive: see the full list on the Close the Gap website.
Amnesty International renews calls to Close the Gap
Oxfam says the campaign to Close the Gap has achieved real progress this year.
World Vision has an extraordinary amount of information in the always-excellent Stir.
The Australian Human Rights Commission (HREOC) announces that Rugby League became the first national sporting code to pledge its support for a national action plan to close the 17-year life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians and argues that the historic formal statement of support from the federal government for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples should be backed immediately with a comprehensive national action plan to Close the Gap in health equality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
The Fred Hollows Foundation publishes a personal reflection on Closing the Gap.
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