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Flat White

Another year, another failure to close the gap

4 January 2018

6:10 PM

4 January 2018

6:10 PM

A new year typically brings optimism, hope and a sense of progression. However, for the most disadvantaged Indigenous people, 2018 has started like so many before it — with a grim reminder of just how far they remain behind the rest of the country.

Four of the seven Closing the Gap targets are set to expire this year, and not one is set to be achieved. 

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