Today (no, NOT April Fools day, April second) is National Close the Gap Day, established to draw attention to the on average seventeen year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and to encourage Australians to speak up and demand the Federal government take greater action to address this issue than they have.
Amnesy International have established a Close the Gap petition I encourage all Australian readers to sign.
The National Indigenous Times emphasises that any measures to close the Gap must address the needs of urban-living Indigenous Australians, not just those in remote or rural areas.
On that point, see my constant ranting about Indigenous Australia not being a monolith.
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Looks like we're forming a mutual appreciation society ;)
Thanks for this. I didn't even realise this was today. It makes me even happier about my decision to blog more about indigenous rights.
Glad to see you over here!
And I'm glad you're blogging about Indigenous rights, too.
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