Launch of the Close the Gap Campaign 2025 Report, at the Aborigines Advancement League, Melbourne.
Members of the Close the Gap Campaign are pleased to share details on how you can attend the official National Close the Gap Day event.
To register your in-person attendance please use the following link National Close The Gap Day 2025 Tickets, Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM | Eventbrite
If you cannot attend, no need to register, please watch the live stream at National Close the Gap Day – 2025 Report Launch. All are welcome.
The Close the Gap campaign arose in response to Professor Tom Calma’s Social Justice Report (2005 ) which challenged governments to bring about health equality within a generation.
The campaign was launched in April 2007 by patrons Catherine Freeman OAM and Ian Thorpe OAM. In 2007 the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) set measurable targets to track and assess developments in the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. These targets included achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation and halving the mortality rate gap for children under five years old within a decade.