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Torres Strait Islander people's leadership or involvement, that racism across the health system has ongoing impacts, and that self-determined solutions result in improved outcomes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Support research that strengthens Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander governance, leadership, agency and empowerment in research, applies Indigenous data sovereignty principles and strengthens research capabilities. Promote research that addresses priorities identified by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities, considers social and cultural determinants of health, centres diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices, and embeds Indigenous values, knowledges and worldviews.

Improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to close the gap in health mortality and morbidity, improve experiences of health care and eliminate discrimination across the health system through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led priority setting, research leadership and self-determination. Recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's diverse experiences and health needs, including access and engagement across the health sector, including public, private and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled health, to improve health outcomes.  A culturally centred and rights-based approach to research that is anchored in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing and that reflects the social and cultural determinants of health and wellbeing will help build an evidence-base to support health and wellbeing and health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Research prioritisation should be contextual and, where appropriate, should align with national and local initiatives to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing, including the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2021–2031 and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Strategic Framework 2016–2023.

Priority Populations

Ensure equitable health outcomes for all people living in Australia by funding research to understand specific health needs for diverse individuals and communities and enabling the development of inclusive and targeted approaches to support health and wellbeing for priority populations, including:
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
• people in remote/rural communities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Australia consists of a mix of socially, ethnically, culturally, linguistically, geographically, and other demographically diverse populations, who may have very different health and health care needs that are not always addressed within the health system, leading to health inequities.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Support research to understand the complex and intersectional biomedical, health system, social, cultural, and economic determinants of health for priority populations. Promote research that is led by, or conducted in collaboration with, priority populations to investigate appropriate solutions to health challenges. Encourage intersectional approaches to research to ensure the heterogeneity of priority populations is accounted for and that allow for better visibility of people from priority populations in all research projects.
• people with a disability (including people with