Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] The new National Agreement on Closing the Gap was released in July last year and represents a significant shift in the Closing the Gap framework. Seventeen national socioeconomic targets will track progress in improving life outcomes, including: closing the gap in life expectancy within a generation by 2031; increasing the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies with a healthy birth weight to 91 per cent by 2031; and significant and sustained reduction in suicide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people towards zero. The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health plan is underpinning action to drive progress against these targets with a combined national focus. The Closing the Gap implementation plan has been developed by ministers, departments and agencies across our nation, with peak Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partners, particularly the Coalition of Peaks, representing around 50 community controlled organisations. (Time expired)