The Australian Medical Association (AMA) said the Closing the Gap strategy has “all but unravelled”, insisting the policy needs to be rebuilt from the ground up.
AMA president, Tony Bartone, said Closing the Gap needs root-and-branch reform and for Aboriginal healthcare to be placed in Aboriginal hands.
The doctors’ body said the failure of the Closing the Gap Strategy demonstrates that “a stubborn form of institutional racism” still challenges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population health.