The framework outlined in this report can be used to categorise the wide range of initiatives and events currently taking place in Australia under the heading of ‘truth-telling’. It also helps to distinguish what cannot meaningfully be described as truth-telling.

This report delivers a set of recommendations providing a pathway towards achieving the National Agreement on Closing the Gap's goals. Key among these is a call to implement the four Priority Reforms in all jurisdictions, which would include addressing recommendations of the Productivity Commission’s 2024 Closing the Gap review.

The 2023 annual report assesses the Commonwealth’s delivery against actions outlined in the 2023 implementation plan. The 2024 implementation plan is forward looking, outlining the Commonwealth’s strategic priorities for Closing the Gap over the next year.

This implementation plan sets out the actions the Coalition of Peaks will undertake to fulfil their responsibilities under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. The plan focuses on ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices are heard in decision-making processes, supporting community-controlled organisations, transforming mainstream services to be safer and more culturally appropriate, and...

At the heart this report is a call for Australian governments and civil society to meaningfully engage with the rights of Indigenous peoples through UNDRIP. The challenge for the Australian Parliament is to determine how these rights should be enjoyed and made meaningful for Aboriginal and Torres Islander peoples within the political and legal systems...