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Call for new approach, Indigenous input on Closing The Gap

AMA president Dr Tony Bartone
Australian Medical Association President Dr Tony Bartone at Parliament House in Canberra Source: AAP

A new Indigenous Health Report Card reveals Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to face disease as other Australians, and suggests the federal government's Closing the Gap strategy may be headed in the wrong direction.


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By Joy Joshi

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A new Indigenous Health Report Card reveals Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to face disease as other Australians, and suggests the federal government's Closing the Gap strategy may be headed in the wrong direction.



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