Media releases

Our media releases provide informative statements for media outlets and the wider-community about our work on the Closing the Gap Dashboard and the Annual Data Compilation Report.

For media enquiries, call our Media team on 02 6240 3330 or email media@pc.gov.au.

New Closing the Gap data shows focus on Priority Reforms by governments needed to see real improvement

Released 13 / 03 / 2025

The latest update of the Closing the Gap Dashboard adds a new year of data for eight of the 19 targets and 15 of the supporting indicators.

Progress and setbacks on Closing the Gap targets

Released 31 / 07 / 2024

The latest Annual Data Compilation Report (ADCR), which tracks progress towards the targets and indicators in the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, shows that five of 19 targets are on track to be met.

Closing the Gap annual update reveals mixed progress and significant data gaps

Released 12 / 07 / 2023

The Productivity Commission today released the third Annual Data Compilation Report, which provides a point-in-time snapshot of progress against the targets and indicators in the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

Closing the Gap Agreement: more information is now available, but further time and data are needed to say if lives are improving

Released 28 / 07 / 2022

The second Annual Data Compilation Report, a point-in-time snapshot for monitoring progress under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, signed in July 2020.

Closing the Gap: It's not just about the end point, but how we get there

Released 29 / 07 / 2021

The Productivity Commission today released the first Annual Data Compilation Report. It provides a point-in-time snapshot of measurement under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.