closing the gap: we are sick and tired of going to funerals say indigenous groups /

Close the Gap committee calls for change after report showing Indigenous Australians are still more likely to be uneducated,unemployed and die youngThe co-chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, Jackie Huggins, and expresses succinctly the frustration felt by many Indigenous communities.“We are sick and tired of going to funerals on a very regular basis. We want it to discontinue for our people,” she said, while delivering the Close the Gap committee’s verdict on the government’s progress report on Indigenous affairs.
Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com