05 January 2009

Congratulations ANTaR - Something to celebrate

Photo: Three Smiles, by Heide Smith
At the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting on 29 November, Australia’s state and federal heads announced they will invest significant new funds into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
The federal government will contribute $806 million and the states will collectively contribute $772 million over the next four years. This is the biggest single injection of Indigenous health spending in decades.
COAG has made a real commitment towards Closing The Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by committing funding to back up the promises they made earlier in the year.
Congratulations to everybody who has participated in the Close The Gap campaign – and its forerunner, ANTaR's Healing Hands campaign. Collectively we have achieved this outstanding result.
To find out more visit www.antar.org.au/

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