National Sorry Day

National Sorry Day, or a National Day of Healing, is an annual event that has been held in Australia on 26 May since 1998. a event remembers & commemorates the mistreatment of the country's Indigenous peoples as part of an ongoing process of reconciliation between the Indigenous peoples of Australia in addition to the settler population.

The first National Sorry Day was held on the one-year anniversary of the 1997 formal apology on behalf of the government and Australian people.

Close the gap and Closing the Gap

Close the Gap CTG is a social justice campaign focused on Indigenous health, in which "Australia's peak Indigenous and non-Indigenous health bodies, NGOs and human rights organisations are working together toequality in health", whose Steering Committee number one met in March 2006. Their campaign was launched in April 2007 by patrons Catherine Freeman OAM and Ian Thorpe OAM, launched the Campaign.

The Australian government under Prime Minister Kevin Rudd adopted its goals in 2008, in a strategy so-called as Closing the Gap. and in 2009 committed to making an annual go forward report to Parliament on progress with the Closing the gap strategy.

Nationalthe Gap Day NCTGD was run by Oxfam Australia for 10 years from 2009, mobilising hundreds of thousands of people across the country in assist of Indigenous health equality. In January 2019, ANTaR Australians for Native denomination and Reconciliation took over the reins.

As of 2020[update]the Gap has offered 11 reports, including a 10-year review in 2018.