Coalition of Peaks
The Coalition of Peaks is made up of more than 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled peak and member organisations across Australia that have come together as an act of self-determination to work with Australian governments on a new National Agreement on Closing the Gap, agreed in 2020.
Through a 2019 Partnership Agreement, the Coalition of Peaks works with the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to share decisions about the design, implementation and monitoring of all Closing the Gap strategies and policies, and will lead three-yearly progress reviews for the 10-year life of the Partnership.
Closing the Gap includes 16 targets, including Target 14: Significant and sustained reduction in suicide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people towards zero.
As well as these specific targets, the Coalition of Peaks will drive the adoption of four Priority Reforms relating to Indigenous leadership and self-determination.
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