In 2002 the AMA initiated the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Report Card Series with the aim of increasing awareness among the general public and politicians about the appalling state of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and to make practical recommendations about what needs to be done to address this.

Each year, a Report Card brings together the most up to date and relevant evidence and information on a selected topic or special area of urgency in Indigenous people’s health. The story of Indigenous people’s health and well-being is not all bad news, however. Since 2004, Report Cards have also included a Good News Insert which provides examples of successful projects and programs, usually ones developed and maintained by Indigenous communities themselves.

The Series

• AMA Indigenous Report Card 2008 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Ending the Cycle of Vulnerability: The Health of Indigenous Children
• AMA Indigenous Report Card 2007 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Insitutionalised Inequity. Not Just a matter of money (released 22 May 2007)
• AMA Indigenous Report Card 2006 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Undue Punishment? Aboriginal People and Torres Strait Islanders in Prison: An Unacceptable Reality (released 18 May 2006)
• AMA Indigenous Report Card 2005 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Lifting the Weight - Low Birth Weight Babies: an Indigenous Health Burden that must be lifted (released 19 May 2005)
• AMA Indigenous Report Card 2004 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Healing Hands - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Workforce Requirements (released 12 August 2004)
• AMA Indigenous Report Card 2003 - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Time for Action (released 31 May 2003)
• AMA Indigenous Report Card 2002 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - No More Excuses (released 24 May 2002)