CLOSING THE GAP REVAMPED
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indigenous leaders have announced 16 new Closing the Gap targets as well as how governments will be held accountable for meeting them.
THE NEW TARGETS
BY 2025
* Increase the proportion of Indigenous children enrolled in early childhood education to 95 per cent
BY 2030
* 15 per cent increase in Australia's landmass subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's legal rights or interests
* The same goal for legal rights in the sea
BY 2031
* Close the gap on life expectancy within a generation
* Increase the proportion of Indigenous babies born with a healthy birth weight to 91 per cent
* Increase the proportion of children developmentally on track in all five areas of national census to 55 per cent
* 96 per cent of Indigenous people (aged between 20 to 24) achieving year 12 qualification or equivalent
* 70 per cent of those aged between 25 to 34 complete a tertiary education
* Increase proportion of 15 to 24 year olds employed, in training or being educated to 67 per cent
* Increase proportion of 25 to 64 years olds employed to 62 per cent
* Increase the number of people living in appropriately sized housing (not overcrowded) to 88 per cent
* Reduce the number of Indigenous adults incarcerated by at least 15 per cent
* Reduce the number of young people in detention by at least 30 per cent
* Reduce the rate of children in out-of-home care by 45 per cent
* Move towards zero women and children experiencing violence and abuse
* Move towards zero suicides
* Have a sustained increase in number and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken
PRIORITY REFORMS
* Formal partnerships and shared decision making between governments and Indigenous representatives
* Build community-controlled sector to deliver services
* Transform government organisations
* Share access to data and information at a regional level.
Australian Associated Press
