The Guardian • Closing the gap

• August 17, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

LETTERS

Duplicitous and out of touch I am appalled at the Prime Minister’s speech at GARMA 2025. $70 million for clean energy projects. I heard nothing...

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• August 17, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

LETTERS

Policing – an ongoing tragedy Dear Comrade Editor, Some police officers may wonder why they are generally treated with total distrust, if not disgust, especially...

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• August 17, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

Voice and action

The Closing the Gap strategy was set up in 2008, as part of Kevin Rudd’s Apology to Indigenous Australians. The fact that Closing the Gap...

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• August 17, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

Victoria’s budget slammed for ‘fiscal injustice and bad policy’

The Victorian government is celebrating a Budget they say is “Focused On What Matters Most,” but from the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service’s (VALS) point of...

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• August 17, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

Aboriginal housing: Australia’s biggest policy failure?

The inadequate if not negligent response of governments around Australia to the critical issue of Aboriginal housing – perhaps the country’s biggest policy failure –...

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• August 17, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

Garma debate sharpens focus on Closing the Gap

Discussions at the recent Garma Festival reinforce the need for governments to focus on implementing the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, rather than creating...

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• August 17, 2026
• THE GUARDIAN

‘Share power’ governments on Closing the Gap

The Productivity Commission has found governments have largely not fulfilled their commitments under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap and has made four recommendations...

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