Worsening Closing the Gap measures spark Indigenous calls for ‘real power shift’

Latest report delivers bad news on targets including adult imprisonment rates, children in out-of-home care, suicide and childhood development

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Without changing the approach to Closing the Gap, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will continue to “pay the price”, Indigenous organisations say.

Just four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track to be met, according to the latest data from the Productivity Commission.