Editorial: While the nation is now transfixed by the battle to contain the new outbreak of COVID-19 cases, an equally important but longer term challenge faces national cabinet on policy towards Indigenous Australians
While the nation is now transfixed by the battle to contain the new outbreak of COVID-19 cases, an equally important but longer term challenge faces national cabinet on policy towards Indigenous Australians.finalise a new 10-year strategy
After more than a year of consultation, Indigenous affairs ministers and community groups, represented by the Council of Peaks, approved a new draft plan on Friday which will now be sent to heads of government. Only the roughest details have so far been released, suggesting there is still some arguing ahead.
But unless the targets are reasonably ambitious and backed up with some money they won't make much difference. For instance, it has been reported that in the current draft of the plan, the gap in incarceration rates will not be closed until 2093.
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