This is the first annual data compilation report to inform the reporting on progress under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

This publication reviews the state of the Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap against success indicators agreed by the Coalition of Peaks and government parties.

This agreement arises from a commitment from all Australian governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives to a fundamentally new way of developing and implementing policies and programs that impact on the lives of Indigenous Australians.

This report reflects on what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people told the Coalition of Peaks and Australian governments what should be included in a new, national agreement on Closing the Gap.

The Coalition of Peaks led engagements with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, communities and organisations in every state and territory to talk about what is needed to improve their lives and to provide input to the new a 10-year National Agreement on Closing the Gap agreement. This report is a snapshot of what was...