Closing the Gap: Australia's indigenous inequality 'not good enough'
Australia has made progress in improving education for indigenous people, but is still falling short in many areas, an annual report has found.
Life expectancy, employment and literacy rates all remain lower for indigenous Australians, according to the Closing The Gap report.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison told parliament on Tuesday: "The results are not good enough."
He called the disadvantages suffered by indigenous children a "national shame".
The previous "top-down, government-knows best approach" had failed because it had "never really been a partnership with Indigenous people", he said.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51455256
Life expectancy, employment and literacy rates all remain lower for indigenous Australians, according to the Closing The Gap report.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison told parliament on Tuesday: "The results are not good enough."
He called the disadvantages suffered by indigenous children a "national shame".
The previous "top-down, government-knows best approach" had failed because it had "never really been a partnership with Indigenous people", he said.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51455256
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