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Current Affairs: Close the Gap Policy

Australian Parliament House is seen through an Aboriginal flag in Canberra, Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Australian Parliament House is seen through an Aboriginal flag in Canberra. Source: AAP

A review into a program started a decade ago to address Indigenous disadvantage has found it's been effectively abandoned. The Close the Gap policy began in 2008 under the Rudd government and a review has found it's failed to achieve its objectives. The Close the Gap Steering Committee says a renewed commitment to ending inequality is needed.



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