Charles Sturt University (CSU) students will join with their peers from across south eastern Australia to sign the official Close the Gap petition that urges action from all Australian governments to address the health crisis facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. CSU’s Multidisciplinary Albury Rural Health Society (MARHS)  is hosting a meeting of ten university student rural health clubs from as far as Bendigo, Geelong, Adelaide and Hobart. During the meeting the students will officially sign the petition on Saturday 7 August. “Currently Indigenous people can except to die up to 17 years earlier than non-Indigenous Australians,” MARHS president and third year physiotherapy student at CSU, Ms Stephanie Frazer said. “This is wrong, and we as Australians have to do something to address the inequality of health status among Indigenous Australians. Over 140 000 other Australians have already registered their concern, and we invite the people of Albury-Wodonga to also sign the petition.” The Close the Gap ceremony will commence at 1.45pm in the CD Blake lecture theatre at CSU in Albury-Wodonga, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona.