The Gap Strategy Of Australia - 1907 Words

There are approximately 2.3 million people living below the poverty line in Australia alone. What isn’t happening is ending this epidemic with the main contributors of poverty including housing, education, employment and food security, many of those most people are taking for granted. (ACOSS, 2012) One strategy that is currently helping to end poverty in Australia is the Close the Gap strategy which is aimed at the most disadvantaged peoples in Australia which is the indigenous people suffering from poverty. (Oxfam Australia, 2015) Indigenous people in Australia are suffering and so the life expectancies of these people is significantly lower than non indigenous Australians, in fact non indigenous people in Australia are living 10-17†¦show more content†¦What is believed is that the government can not fully recover the liveliness of Indigenous people on its own and therefore Close the Gap has set up this campaign to work with the community, not-for-profit organisations and the government to make the changes that would improve Indigenous peoples in many ways. (Council of Australian Government, 2015) The reforms set out by the council of Australian Governments are set out with a policy framework that works on six target goals that are as follows: Close the gap life expectancy within a generation, halve the gap in morality rates for indigenous children under five within a decade, halve the gap for indigenous students in reading, writing and numeracy within a decade, halve the gap for Indigenous students in year 12 attainment or equivalent attainment rates by 2020, halve the gap in employment outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a decade and ensuring all Indigenous four years olds in remote communities have access to early childhood education within five years. (Council of Australian Government, 2015) A convention of the Close the Gap policy that is strictly being followed is the United Nations