‘Completely outrageous’: Indigenous leaders condemn worsening Closing the Gap data

Annual report finds only five of the 19 measures monitored are considered to be on track

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Indigenous mental health experts say serious action" is needed after the latest Closing the Gap data showed suicide, child protection and incarceration rates are all worsening.

The Productivity Commission's annual report released this week found only five of the 19 measures monitored are considered to be on track, with the number of Indigenous Australians imprisoned, taking their own life and losing children to out-of-home care all increasing in the first Closing the Gap report since the voice to parliament was defeated in the referendum.

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