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SNAICC is a member of the Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peak Organisations.

The Coalition of Peaks is a representative body comprised of approximately 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled peak organisations that have come together to be partners with Australian governments on the next phase of Closing the Gap.

SNAICC’s position on the Coalition of Peaks ensures that children and families are at the centre as we work towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being happy and safe, connected to family, community and culture.

New National Agreement on Closing the Gap

Highlights of new National Agreement

How outcomes of engagements were included in the National Agreement

New National Agreement Questions and Answers

SNAICC is working with governments and community-controlled organisations across Australia to ensure our children have high-quality and culturally appropriate early childhood education. By 2025, we want to increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children enrolled in four-year-old early childhood education to 95% (Closing the Gap socioeconomic target 3).
We want all our children to thrive in their early years. Together we can work towards this with investment in quality early years education and strong cultural understanding, led by Aboriginal educators. The result – more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children assessed as developmentally on track in all five domains (Closing the Gap socioeconomic target 4).
20,077 (37.7%) of our children are in out-of-home care but represent only 5.9% of all children. Through Aboriginal-led initiatives that supports reunification and family-led decision making, we can work towards reducing the rate of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care by 5% each year by 2031 (Closing the Gap socioeconomic target 12).
By keeping our kids strong in culture with close ties to community and kin, we can reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care. Let’s work together to reduce the rate of over-representation by 45% by 2031 (Closing the Gap socioeconomic target 12).

Read our media releases:

30 July 2020 – SNAICC welcomes new National Agreement on Closing the Gap to strengthen outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families

See the Coalition of Peaks website for more information

Coalition of Peaks

coalition of peaks SNAICC is a member of the Coalition of Peaks