Closing the Gap: Six of seven targets 'not on track', life expectancy gap unchanged

By Fergus Hunter, Michael Gordon
Updated February 14 2017 - 10:13pm, first published 4:09pm
National Congress of Australia's First People's co-chairs Dr Jackie Huggins and Rod Little present the Redfern Statement to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
National Congress of Australia's First People's co-chairs Dr Jackie Huggins and Rod Little present the Redfern Statement to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during the Redfern Statement breakfast.  Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during the Redfern Statement breakfast. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Redfern Statement breakfast. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Redfern Statement breakfast. Photo: Andrew Meares

Australia is not on track to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, with the divide widening and deaths increasing when it comes to cancer, the ninth annual Closing the Gap report has found.

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