Despite nearly 20 years of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continues to lag behind other Australians.
The most recent update from the Productivity Commission found only four of the 19 targets are on track. Areas such as imprisonment and suicide rates are worsening.
If progress is stagnating at the state and federal levels of government, could there be a role for local governments to address Indigenous political, economic, social and health disadvantage?
