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For the first time, the Closing the Gap dashboard includes community-governed data from the Mayi Kuwayu Study. The Mayi Kuwayu Study is the largest national longitudinal study of the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults (aged 16 years and over) in Australia.

The Australian Productivity Commission

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18 Sept

Founded on extensive community engagement and conducted in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and organisations, Mayi Kuwayu Study data indicates that racism is a common problem for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.

The Australian Productivity Commission

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Nationally between 2019–2021, just under half (45.0%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 16 years or over had experienced racial discrimination in everyday life.

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The Australian Productivity Commission

@pc.gov.au

18 Sept

Racism is known to negatively impact the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and contribute substantively to the health gap compared to the non-Indigenous population. Read more: bit.ly/3T6I77p #SocialPolicy #Wellbeing

bit.lySocio-economic outcome area 14 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enjoy high levels of social and emotional wellbeing - Dashboard - Closing the GapChildren are engaged in high quality, culturally appropriate early childhood education in their early years; attendance in early childhood education; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early childh...