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Australia Review (18/2/2017)

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the eve of the Close the Gap report at Parliament House in Canberra.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the eve of the Close the Gap report at Parliament House in Canberra. Source: AAP

The Prime Minister has expressed his dismay that Indigenous child mortality rates are not improving quickly enough to meet a national target.


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By Quốc Vinh

Source: SBS



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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 (released Tue) 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.

 

 

 


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