Work has begun to refresh Queensland’s Closing the Gap agenda including nine community workshops held across remote, regional and urban areas of the state to capture the priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, communities and organisations for the future.
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Jackie Trad says the next step of the Closing the Gap agenda would place a greater focus on self-determination, and respect for culture and language.
Ms Trad said that yesterday marked 11 years since prime minister Kevin Rudd committed to closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage, and the Queensland Government is still determined as ever to making reparations for the grief, suffering and loss caused by past policies.