Closing the Gap: Commonwealth Annual Report 2025 & Implementation Plan 2026

A collection of vocabulary terms and definitions derived from the Commonwealth Closing the Gap 2025 Annual Report and 2026 Implementation Plan, focusing on strategic reforms, economic initiatives, and socio-economic outcomes.

National Agreement on Closing the Gap

An agreement centered around four Priority Reforms and nineteen socio-economic targets designed to improve life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Priority Reforms

The blueprint that all levels of government need to enact to deliver sustainable outcomes, consisting of four interlinked areas of systemic transformation.

Priority Reform One

Formal Partnerships and Shared Decision-making between governments and First Nations people.

Priority Reform Two

Building the Community Controlled Sector to deliver culturally safe and inclusive services.

Priority Reform Three

Transforming Government Organisations to be more ready and accountable for First Nations outcomes.

Priority Reform Four

Shared Access to Data and Information at a Regional Level to support First Nations data sovereignty.

Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs)

Entities to which service delivery is increasingly transferred to ensure community-led solutions and culturally appropriate approaches.

Remote Jobs and Economic Development (RJED) Program

A program creating real jobs with proper wages in remote communities, aiming to deliver $6,000$ new jobs by $2030$.

3 Day Guarantee

A legislative change ensuring all families caring for a First Nations child receive $100$ hours of subsidised early childhood education and care per fortnight.

Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF)

A housing initiative with a $10\%$ First Nations tenancy target and a dedicated $600$ million funding stream for First Nations projects.

Our Ways – Strong Ways – Our Voices

A standalone First Nations National Plan to end family, domestic, and sexual violence, placing culture and community-led responses at the center.

Low-Cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme

A government initiative that reduces the cost of $30$ everyday essential items in remote stores by up to $50\%$.

Indigenous Rangers Program

An initiative being expanded with over $600$ million to double the workforce to $3,800$ Rangers by $2030$.

13YARN

A program providing immediate, community-led, and culturally safe crisis support for First Nations people.

Birthing on Country (BoC)

A model of care providing culturally safe, continuity of maternal health care that has shown a $50\%$ reduction in preterm birth rates.

Justice Reinvestment

A community-led model focusing on crime prevention and diversion to reduce over-representation of First Nations people in the criminal justice system.

Connected Beginnings

An initiative designed to improve early childhood outcomes through Aboriginal-led systems change and collective impact frameworks.

Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs)

Entities that receive support to manage opportunities on Country, attract capital, and drive long-term economic benefits for their communities.

Ngurra Cultural Precinct

A planned nationally significant precinct in Canberra for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling and a National Resting Place.

Remote Australia Employment Service (RAES)

The service that replaced the Community Development Program in November $2025$ to provide tailored, culturally safe support for job seekers.