New Closing the Gap data shows more First Nations Australians are in prison. Why?
- Written by Eileen Baldry, Professor Emerita of Criminology, UNSW Sydney
Vadzim Mashkou/ShutterstockIn 2008, Australia agreed to six targets to “close the gap” – to reduce the disparities between Indigenous people and the rest of the population in health, education and employment.
There was little progress in the years following, and it was agreed that, if Indigenous people’s health was to...





