ABOUT THE GAP BETWEEN INDIGENOUS AND NON-INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the release of the 2016 Closing the Gap report Source: AAP

The detail efforts to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in health, education and employment.Two former prime ministers have entered into the debate over Indigenous disadvantage as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull reports to parliament on progress in closing the gap. The Prime Minister has expressed his dismay that Indigenous child mortality rates are not improving quickly enough to meet a national target. The ninth annual Closing the Gap report does show improvements to some health outcomes and the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students finishing school. But it says the overwhelming majority of targets will not be met on current trajectories, with insufficient progress on life expectancy and literacy...