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

<p>Latest report delivers bad news on targets including adult imprisonment rates, children in out-of-home care, suicide and childhood development</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jul/31/australia-politics-live-closing-the-gap-indigenous-youtube-gaza-question-time-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Without changing the approach to Closing the Gap, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will continue to “pay the price”, Indigenous organisations say.</p><p>Just four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track to be met, according to the latest data from the Productivity Commission.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/31/closing-the-gap-report-goals-targets-worse-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>