'Refresh' of Closing the Gap targets gives Indigenous Australians a greater say: PM

Indigenous Australians will be asked to develop their own Closing the Gap targets as part of a "refresh" announced by the Prime Minister.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) shakes hands with Labor Senator Pat Dodson as he arrives to deliver the Closing the Gap report. Source: AAP

Indigenous Australians will play a greater role in efforts to close the health and education gap.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivered the 11th annual Closing the Gap report in Canberra on Thursday, calling for a new approach as the targets had been "set up to fail".

Just two of the seven Closing the Gap targets are on track to be met, more than a decade after the original report.

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