Published: November 21, 2018
Exclusive: Australian Medical Association says stubborn ‘institutional racism’ still challenges Aboriginal health
The Australian Medical Association says the Closing the Gap strategy has “all but unravelled” and insists that the policy needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, starting with boosting health expenditure on Indigenous Australians and putting Aboriginal healthcare in Aboriginal hands.
A refresh of the program is expected to be considered at the December meeting of the Council of Australian Governments, but the AMA president, Tony Bartone, says Closing the Gap needs root-and-branch reform, not changes “without adequate funding and commitment from all governments to a national approach”.
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