Government says there's more to do in the latest Indigenous Closing the Gap report

Remote communities across Australia will soon pay the same amount for essential groceries as people living in urban areas. It's one of the changes the government has delivered in the latest Closing the Gap report which seeks to improve the lives of Indigenous people in Australia.

Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy Source: AAP / AAP/Mick Tsipas

KEY POINTS

• The Closing the Gap framework is a national strategy launched by the government in 2008 to improve the health, wellbeing and life expectancy of First Nations communities to achieve equality and equity.
• The report states that 11 of the 19 targets in the Closing the Gap strategy in areas including health, education and housing are seeing improvements on outcomes, but just five are on track to being met.
• Other funding plans announced by the Prime Minister include the creation of scholarships for up to 150 tertiary education students to study psychology. It is part of funding for a broader suicide prevention program.

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Government says there's more to do in the latest Indigenous Closing the Gap report

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