Closing the Gap targets face overhaul

Written on the 30 December 2017

The federal government is canvassing the views of Aboriginal Australians as it revamps its Closing the Gap agenda, recognising the original targets were created without consultation.

The commonwealth has begun an overhaul of the strategy after failing to significantly improve First Nations outcomes in life expectancy, mortality, health, education and employment for nearly a decade.

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