Closing the Gap

'Closing the Gap' is about making sure Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have the same advantages in health, education, employment and social justice as all Queenslanders. It builds on the work of Partnerships Queensland

• About Closing the Gap
• Closing the Gap targets

The 6 'Closing the Gap' targets link in with 8 strategic areas for action:

• Early child development
• Education and training
• Healthy lives
• Economic participation
• Home environment
• Safe and supportive communities
• Governance and leadership
• Land and culture

Closing the Gap report

The Queensland Government has released its first 'Closing the Gap' report. The report has information on the gap in life outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders. It also details the Queensland Government's strategies for closing the gap.

The report is provided in both PDF and Word formats below.

PDF Format

Download the entire download the Queensland Closing the Gap Report 2007/08 (PDF 4.5 MB)
Please note: the large size of this PDF means it may take a while to download. You may prefer to either download the report in sections or download the Word version of the report.

Download Queensland Closing the Gap report in sections:

• Closing the Gap Report: foreword and executive summary (PDF 784 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: introduction, targets, key indicators (PDF 673 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: early childhood development (PDF 465 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: education and training (PDF 318 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: healthy lives (PDF 504 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: economic participation (PDF 404 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: home environment (PDF 361 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: safe, supportive communities (PDF 588 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: governance and leadership (PDF 260 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: land and culture (PDF 265 kB)*
• Closing the Gap Report: demographic overview (PDF 1.3 MB)
• Closing the Gap Report: glossary (PDF 206 kB)
• Closing the Gap Report: technical notes, appendices (PDF 312 kB)

*Note: For clarification, the Queensland Indigenous Arts Marketing and Export Agency (QIAMEA) is an export service of Trade Queensland, and is not part of the Department of Education, Training and the Arts as may be implied by the reference to QIAMEA on page 75 of the report.

Word Format

Download the Queensland Closing the Gap Report 2007/08 (Word 754 kB)

The Word version of Queensland Closing the Gap Report includes three separate map files:

• Map 1 - Indigenous people as a proportion of population by local government area (Word 238 kB)
• Map 2 – Distribution of Indigenous population – 2006 (Word 157 kB)
• Map 3 - Queensland by Remoteness of Area – 2006 (Word 199 kB)

Related Information

• Quarterly reports on key indicators in Queensland's discrete Indigenous communities

Other sites

The Closing the Gap clearinghouse is a collection of information on what works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage.

Last reviewed: 12 November 2009

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