"There has been an abysmal lack of progress by a succession of Australian governments."
In a statement published today, a year after 60 per cent of Australians voted against the constitutional amendment, the long-serving MP accused the government of not doing enough to address the issues facing First Nations peoples.
"Indeed, according to the latest Productivity Commission report, only five of the 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track and some are even going backwards." But the last year has been dominated in parliament by the cost of living, energy policies and the conflict overseas, and Wilkie said the current government had largely ignored Indigenous issues in the last 12 months, as had its predecessors."There has been an abysmal lack of progress by a succession of Australian governments, with a range of policies and programs that have consistently failed Indigenous people and communities," he said.
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