Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator Scullion. The Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2014 report, released today, indicates that there has been little if any improvement in the areas of reading, writing, numeracy and family and community violence; things have become worse in areas such as mental health and suicide and self-harm; and there has been an alarming increase in incarceration rates such that the adult imprisonment rate has increased by 57 per cent between 2000 and 2013. My question is: in light of these concerning figures, will the government finally commit to a justice target as part of the Closing the Gap strategy?