Senate debates
Thursday, 8 February 2018
Questions without Notice
Indigenous Affairs
2:00 pm
Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Communications) Share this | Hansard source
I thank Senator Dodson for his question. Our government is committed to effecting much more rapid change to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health. Despite the obvious challenges in trying to turn around a 200-year-old disadvantage gap in just 10 years, we have made real progress after the last decade in improving the lives of our First Australians. Of course, I won't be pre-empting the Prime Minister's Closing the Gap update on how we're tracking the targets, but we have learnt a lot over the last decade, building on solid foundations to create a truly productive—
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