Are we really closing the gap? Seven brutal realities facing Indigenous Australians

By Sarah Whyte and Fergus Hunter
Updated August 29 2015 - 11:13am, first published 8:13am
Tony Abbott joins students from Tagai State College on Mer Island. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Tony Abbott joins students from Tagai State College on Mer Island. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott joins the Remote School Attendance Strategy bus. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Tony Abbott joins the Remote School Attendance Strategy bus. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Wabunaw Geth dancers prepare to perform. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Wabunaw Geth dancers prepare to perform. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

As Prime Minister Tony Abbott made his annual tour to Northern Australia to spend time in an Indigenous community, he was faced with a bleak reality: the gap in some remote communities is widening.

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