Here is what the government said it did to help meet the Closing the Gap targets in 2024:

  • Commenced the new Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program, which will create up to 3,000 jobs in remote communities over three years.
  • Expanded the Indigenous Rangers Program to create 1,000 new jobs, including 770 positions for First Nations women.
  • Released the First Nations Clean Energy Strategy, to maximise the nation-wide potential for First Nations people to benefit from the clean energy transformation.
  • Introduced legislation to expand the role and remit of Indigenous Business Australia to boost First Nations economic empowerment.
  • Built more than 200 new homes in remote communities in the Northern Territory as part of our 10-year goal to halve overcrowding.
  • Expanded access to affordable PBS medicines for more First Nations people.
  • Opened the first of up to 30 dialysis units in regional and remote locations so First Nations people can receive treatment closer to home and on Country.
  • Welcomed over 300 enrolments in the First Nations Health Worker Traineeship Program.
  • Significantly increased funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and Family Violence Prevention Legal Services to help more women and children escaping family, domestic and sexual violence.
  • Established a dedicated National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People, to address the over-representation of First Nations children and youth in out-of-home care and detention.
  • Invested in 27 community-led justice reinvestment initiatives in First Nations communities across Australia.
  • Expanded the Connected Beginnings program to 50 communities, supporting more First Nations children to thrive in their crucial early years.
  • The 2025 Implementation Plan outlines our strategy for the year ahead, focussing on easing cost of living pressures and improving food security in remote communities, delivering the next steps of our economic empowerment agenda, and continuing to improve outcomes for First Nations people.