Worsening Closing the Gap outcomes 'failing' kids

Only four of 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track to be met, the Productivity Commission says. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

The peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has issued a warning as the latest Closing the Gap targets reveal worsening out of home care rates for Indigenous children.

While the rate of children in out-of-home care remained at 50.3 per 1000 children across 2023 and 2024, it has increased from 47.3 per 1000 in 2019, according to the data, released by the Productivity Commission.