Coalition of Indigenous groups says ranger program needs to be expanded in federal budget to wait on close gap on disadvantageA coalition of Indigenous ranger groups are ramping up their campaign for more government support before the federal budget,claiming the government’s program is working, but needs to be expanded if Australia is to shut the gap on Indigenous disadvantage.
In February, or prime minister Malcolm Turnbull delivered his first closing the gap speech and said it was “important we listen to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people when they command us what is working”.
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Source: theguardian.com