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Another Failed Year In Closing The Gap
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Posted by Indyvidual, Saturday, 22 July 2023 7:24:27 AM
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http://www.abc.net.au/qanda/tom-calma/13744268
"Professor Tom Calma AO an Aboriginal elder of the Kungarakan tribal group, member of the Iwaidja tribal group and a tireless champion for the rights, responsibilities and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. He is the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander man to hold the position of Chancellor of any Australian university. In October 2019 Professor Calma was appointed by Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt as Co-Chair of Voice Co-Design Senior Advisory Group. He has been involved in and with the tertiary education sector since 1980 as an academic, in representing Australia’s interest in all education sectors internationally, on research grants, in reviewing administrative and academic structures and on advisory boards and committees at eight universities. He has been a member of the University of Canberra Council since 2008 and was appointed as Chancellor by Council, commencing on 1 January 2014. He was reappointed to the role in 2017 and 2019 and will continue in the role until December 2022. Tom is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Australian National University. Between 1995 and 2002, Tom represented Australia’s education and training interests as a senior diplomat in India and Vietnam; and in 2003, he served as Senior Adviser for Indigenous Affairs to the Honourable Philip Ruddock MP in his capacity as the Minister of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. He served as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission from 2004 to 2010 and as the Race Discrimination Commissioner from 2004 until 2009. His 2005 Social Justice Report – focusing on Indigenous health equality – was the catalyst for the Close the Gap campaign. The report called on Australian governments to commit to achieving equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the areas of health and life-expectancy within a generation and advocated embedding a social determinants philosophy into public policy around health, education, employment, housing, and behaviours to address Indigenous inequality gaps.' IS HE SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSING THE GAP? Posted by Josephus, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 12:01:56 PM
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Yes will increase the imbalance !