The ANF supports Australia’s commitment to closing the appalling 17 year life expectancy gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians through implementation of the HREOC* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner’s recommendations to achieve health equality for Indigenous people within a generation. Australia’s nurses also support the recommendations as outlined in the Little Children are Sacred Report.

Download the Little Children are Sacred Report

Further commitment to the human rights and improved health of Indigenous Australians must come through greater consultation by government to Indigenous communities.

The ANF will work towards the commitments outlined in our Reconciliation Action Plan, and will continue to encourage the Australian government to increase the financial support for the nursing programs bringing positive long-term health strategies to Aboriginal communities.

Download the ANF Reconciliation Action Plan

News items:

$4M for tri-nation research to close the gap in Indigenous health

For more information:

• Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR)
• Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association
• Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
• Bunjilaka
• Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
• Croc Festival
• Dust Echoes
• Garma Festival
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
• Inception Strategies
• Indigenous Community Volunteers
• Living Black
• National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
• National Indigenous Times
• National NAIDOC
• Oxfam Australia - Close the Gap Campaign
• Reconciliation Australia
• Share Our Pride
• The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
• The Long Walk
• Women for Wik

Take Action:
There is always something you can do:

• if you aren’t a member, join the ANF – the best way you can improve your working conditions is through membership to the ANF, the largest nursing and midwifery organisation;
• get involved in ANF and Oxfam Australia - Close the Gap Campaign actions;
• Write to the ANF and give us your ideas: 2020@anf.org.au