Closing the Gap review

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Submissions received for Closing the Gap Review study.

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Submissions received before the release of the draft report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
1	Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (PDF - 368.8 KB)	8	07/12/2022
	Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (Word - 1.7 MB)
2	Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) (PDF - 298.1 KB)	2	08/12/2022
3	Australian Education Union (AEU) (PDF - 1.2 MB)	23	12/12/2022
4	Qld Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) (PDF - 272.6 KB)	12	13/12/2022
5	Michael Dillon (PDF - 270.0 KB)	9	09/12/2022
	Michael Dillon (Word - 44.2 KB)
6	Torres Shire Council (PDF - 485.2 KB)	8	15/12/2022
7	Aboriginal Family Legal Service WA (PDF - 271.2 KB)	9	09/12/2022
8	Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) (PDF - 283.2 KB)	4	12/12/2022
9	Community First Development (PDF - 713.5 KB)	13	09/12/2022
10	Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory (APO NT) (PDF - 234.6 KB)	6	14/12/2022
11	Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) (PDF - 708.0 KB)	40	16/12/2022
	Attachment 1: ACTA Principles for Early Childhood Education (PDF - 527.8 KB)	20	16/12/2022
	Attachment 2: National Roadmap for English as an Additional Language or Dialect Education in Schools (PDF - 763.1 KB)	29	16/12/2022
	Attachment 3: Recommendations to Address Key Problems in Remote NT Schools (PDF - 1.5 MB)	76	16/12/2022
	Attachment 4: An analysis of pedagogical practice 2006 (PDF - 709.1 KB)	100	16/12/2022
	Attachment 5: Effective Enrolment and Other Problems in NT Schools (PDF - 321.8 KB)	5	16/12/2022
12	Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) (PDF - 106.9 KB)	3	21/12/2022
	Attachment: Solid Voices of Tomorrow Guide (PDF - 4.9 MB)	48	21/12/2022
13	Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (PDF - 438.0 KB)	15	12/12/2022
14	ANTAR (PDF - 1.0 MB)	9	21/12/2022
15	Lowitja Institute (PDF - 538.2 KB)	9	21/12/2022
16	Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) (PDF - 331.5 KB)	2	20/12/2022
17	Close the Gap Campaign (PDF - 277.3 KB)	12	20/12/2022
18	headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation (PDF - 478.1 KB)	15	22/12/2022
19	National Health Leadership Forum (NHLF) (PDF - 855.6 KB)	7	22/12/2022
20	Translational Research in Indigenous Language Ecologies Collective (TRILEC) and Australian National University (ANU) (PDF - 466.0 KB)	15	09/01/2023
21	Kinaway Chamber of Commerce (PDF - 209.6 KB)	7	09/01/2023
22	Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (AHCWA) Social Services Committee (PDF - 349.4 KB)	5	09/01/2023
23	Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC) (PDF - 370.5 KB)	12	02/01/2023
	Attachment 1: Kimberley Co-design Guide (PDF - 5.4 MB)	22	02/01/2023
	Attachment 2: Information for the Public Service Commission (PSC) (PDF - 436.6 KB)	21	02/01/2023
24	Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations (PDF - 328.0 KB)	6	30/01/2023
	Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations (Word - 141.8 KB)
25	Coalition of Peaks (PDF - 423.8 KB)	4	06/02/2023
	Attachment: Mapping the Capability and Resources of the Coalition of Peaks (PDF - 4.2 MB)	96	06/02/2023
26	William Arthur (PDF - 159.7 KB)	3	02/03/2023
	William Arthur (Word - 30.5 KB)
	Attachment 1: Mapping conventions and geographies (PDF - 1.3 MB)	2	02/03/2023
	Attachment 2: Choropleth maps of Indigenous Australia (PDF - 15.2 KB)	2	02/03/2023
	Attachment 2: Choropleth maps of Indigenous Australia (Word - 18.2 KB)
27	Annika David (PDF - 81.4 KB)	5	21/12/2022
	Annika David (Word - 44.4 KB)
28	South Australian Government (PDF - 184.9 KB)	13	16/03/2023
29	Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) (PDF - 392.1 KB)	12	21/03/2023
	Attachment: Impact Report 2021-22 (PDF - 2.9 MB)	48	21/03/2023
30	National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) (PDF - 176.3 KB)	5	19/04/2023
	Attachment A: Closing the Gap Annual Report 2022 (PDF - 3.8 MB)	164	19/04/2023
	Attachment B: Commonwealth Implementation Plan 2022 (PDF - 2.0 MB)	199	19/04/2023
	Attachment C: Commonwealth Implementation Plan 2023 (PDF - 13.0 MB)	140	19/04/2023
	Attachment D: Data Development Plan 2022-2030 (PDF - 1.1 MB)	36	19/04/2023
31	Coalition of Peaks (PDF - 1020.6 KB)	3	20/04/2023
32	NSW Government (PDF - 475.1 KB)	25	26/06/2023

Submissions received after the release of the draft report are listed here.
No.	Name	Pages	Received
33	Greg Evans (PDF - 150.9 KB)	2	26/07/2023
	Greg Evans (Word - 17.6 KB)
34	Richard Quilty (PDF - 201.8 KB)	1	07/08/2023
	Richard Quilty (Word - 20.4 KB)
35	National Native Title Council (NNTC) (PDF - 228.6 KB)	4	23/08/2023
36	Aboriginal Family Legal Service (AFLS) (PDF - 238.6 KB)	9	05/09/2023
37	Michael Dillon (PDF - 330.9 KB)	17	08/09/2023
	Michael Dillon (Word - 59.1 KB)
38	Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) (PDF - 104.1 KB)	7	29/09/2023
39	Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Cultural Centre (PDF - 379.9 KB)	13	01/10/2023
40	Bill Arthur (PDF - 223.7 KB)	7	03/10/2023
	Bill Arthur (Word - 53.3 KB)
41	Assoc Prof Morgan Brigg and Dr Prudence Brown (PDF - 192.2 KB)	5	04/10/2023
	Assoc Prof Morgan Brigg and Dr Prudence Brown (Word - 43.7 KB)
42	ANTAR (PDF - 119.9 KB)	18	04/10/2023
	ANTAR (Word - 125.0 KB)
43	Western Australia Government (PDF - 187.6 KB)	6	04/10/2023
44	ACT Government (PDF - 183.6 KB)	4	26/10/2023
	Attachment: ACT Annual Report for National Closing the Gap Agreement 2023 (PDF - 5.0 MB)	68	26/10/2023
45	Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC) (PDF - 262.3 KB)	7	05/10/2023
46	Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) (PDF - 277.2 KB)	8	06/10/2023
47	National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls (PDF - 489.2 KB)	4	27/09/2023
48	Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) (PDF - 217.9 KB)	7	06/10/2023
49	Humanists Victoria (PDF - 535.9 KB)	2	06/10/2023
50	Caroline Cavanagh (PDF - 90.3 KB)	6	06/10/2023
	Attachment: Cover letter (PDF - 46.3 KB)	1	06/10/2023
51	Jon Altman (PDF - 265.2 KB)	14	06/10/2023
	Jon Altman (Word - 70.1 KB)
52	Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (AIGI) (PDF - 193.8 KB)	3	06/10/2023
53	Dharriwaa Elders Group (DEG) (PDF - 601.9 KB)	10	06/10/2023
54	South Australian Government (PDF - 372.5 KB)	31	06/10/2023
55	Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC) (PDF - 832.4 KB)	4	06/10/2023
56	Western Victoria Primary Health Network (WVPHN) (PDF - 220.4 KB)	4	06/10/2023
	Western Victoria Primary Health Network (WVPHN) (Word - 121.5 KB)
57	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (PDF - 118.7 KB)	2	06/10/2023
	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (Word - 53.5 KB)
58	Coalition of Peaks (PDF - 1.0 MB)	6	06/10/2023
59	Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) (PDF - 183.8 KB)	7	06/10/2023
	Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) (Word - 136.6 KB)
60	National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) (PDF - 118.1 KB)	4	10/10/2023
	Attachment A: Commonwealth information in relation to draft recommendations (PDF - 126.0 KB)	4	10/10/2023
	Attachment B: Examples of Commonwealth action to implement the priority reforms (PDF - 764.9 KB)	13	10/10/2023
	Attachment C: Commonwealth Response to Information Requests (PDF - 420.9 KB)	49	03/11/2023
61	First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group (PDF - 207.1 KB)	4	10/10/2023
62	Institute of Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) (PDF - 1.3 MB)	38	10/10/2023
63	Indigenous Education Consultative Meeting (IECM) (PDF - 203.4 KB)	6	11/10/2023
	Indigenous Education Consultative Meeting (IECM) (Word - 44.1 KB)
64	Yothu Yindi Foundation Aboriginal Corporation (YYF) (PDF - 356.5 KB)	9	12/10/2023
65	Ngaweeyan Maar-oo (PDF - 233.0 KB)	5	12/10/2023
66	Change the Record (PDF - 105.3 KB)	9	12/10/2023
67	Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) (PDF - 274.6 KB)	7	13/10/2023
68	Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) (PDF - 331.0 KB)	9	13/10/2023
69	Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory (APO NT) (PDF - 388.8 KB)	26	13/10/2023
70	Northern Territory Government (PDF - 314.0 KB)	13	13/10/2023
71	National Close the Gap Campaign (PDF - 646.5 KB)	21	12/10/2023
72	Children's Ground (PDF - 1.2 MB)	18	16/10/2023
73	The Maiam nayri Wingara Executive Members (PDF - 141.8 KB)	2	17/10/2023
	Attachment: Knowledge and power: the tale of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data (PDF - 149.2 KB)	5	17/10/2023
74	Department of Social Services (PDF - 410.4 KB)	24	18/10/2023
	Attachment A: Case studies of work to implement the Priority Reforms across the Social Services Portfolio (PDF - 651.0 KB)	8	18/10/2023
	Attachment B: Visual diagram of the portfolio’s strategic approach to Priority Reform 3 (PDF - 193.8 KB)	1	18/10/2023
	Attachment C: Roadmap of Social Service portfolio initiatives to implement the Priority Reforms (PDF - 585.1 KB)	2	18/10/2023
	Attachment D: Full response received from the First Peoples Disability Network (PDF - 81.3 KB)	2	18/10/2023
75	Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) (PDF - 290.7 KB)	7	19/10/2023
76	Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) (PDF - 641.3 KB)	23	20/10/2023
77	NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Peaks (NSW CAPO) (PDF - 270.2 KB)	15	15/11/2023
	NSW Coalition of Aboriginal Peaks (NSW CAPO) (Word - 285.0 KB)
	Attachment: PR3 – Government Accountability Mechanism (PDF - 1.5 MB)	14	15/11/2023
	Attachment: PR3 – Government Accountability Mechanism (PPTX - 2.7 MB)
78	Office of the National Data Commissioner (PDF - 477.4 KB)	2	25/10/2023
79	First Languages Australia (FLA) and Languages Policy Partnership (LPP) (PDF - 146.6 KB)	3	30/09/2023
	Attachment: Letter (PDF - 237.0 KB)	1	30/10/2023
80	Kowa Collaboration (PDF - 85.2 KB)	6	27/10/2023
81	Allies for Children and the First Nations Non-Government Alliance (PDF - 271.4 KB)	12	30/10/2023
	Allies for Children and the First Nations Non-Government Alliance (Word - 181.2 KB)
82	Djirra (PDF - 440.1 KB)	8	27/10/2023
	Attachment 1: Yoorrook Justice Commission – Djirra submission (PDF - 459.2 KB)	22	27/10/2023
	Attachment 2: Yoorrook Justice Commission – Djirra opening statement (PDF - 207.8 KB)	9	27/10/2023
83	Law Council of Australia (PDF - 135.3 KB)	1	27/10/2023
	Attachment: Submission report (PDF - 648.7 KB)	40	27/10/2023
84	National Health Leadership Forum (NHLF) (PDF - 324.2 KB)	12	27/10/2023
85	Lowitja Institute (PDF - 264.1 KB)	15	30/10/2023
86	Universities Australia (UA) (PDF - 198.8 KB)	5	30/10/2023
87	Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS) (PDF - 851.3 KB)	11	30/10/2023
88	AbSec (PDF - 248.5 KB)	9	30/10/2023
	AbSec (Word - 329.7 KB)
	Attachment: Family is Culture report card (PDF - 4.9 MB)	23	30/10/2023
89	Empowered Communities (EC) (PDF - 894.3 KB)	12	31/10/2023
90	Tasmanian Government (PDF - 73.3 KB)	5	31/10/2023
	Attachment: Letter (PDF - 120.3 KB)	1	31/10/2023
91	Binarri-binyja yarrawoo Aboriginal Corporation (PDF - 279.0 KB)	3	01/11/2023
92	Justice Policy Partnership (JPP) (PDF - 277.5 KB)	19	08/11/2023
	Justice Policy Partnership (JPP) (Word - 74.7 KB)
93	Cape York Institute (PDF - 574.0 KB)	18	01/11/2023
94	Maggie Walter and Ray Lovett (PDF - 235.3 KB)	5	06/11/2023
	Maggie Walter and Ray Lovett (Word - 40.1 KB)
95	First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) (PDF - 457.9 KB)	23	14/11/2023
96	SNAICC (PDF - 350.0 KB)	26	13/11/2023
	Attachment A: Stronger ACCOs Stronger families (PDF - 1.7 MB)	56	13/11/2023
	Attachment B: Kids come first framework (PDF - 856.1 KB)	32	13/11/2023
97	Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) (PDF - 305.5 KB)	5	16/11/2023
98	Victorian Government (PDF - 364.3 KB)	13	24/11/2023
99	NSW Joint CAPO and Government Priority Reform 4 and Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance program * in confidence content omitted	-	20/10/2023
100	Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance (VACYPA) (PDF - 213.2 KB)	2	16/11/2023
	Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance (VACYPA) (Word - 102.3 KB)
101	Madeleine Kingston (PDF - 42.5 KB)	2	21/12/2023
	Madeleine Kingston (Word - 27.8 KB)

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