Increase in Indigenous population a proud moment for Australia

There is plenty of work to be done to close the gap, but the trend is going in the right direction.

Earlier in the week I was able to have a sneak peak at the Census data. The joys of writing a column include getting embargoed press releases the night before data is officially launched.

One figure, more than anything else, jumped out at me. Australia’s Indigenous population went up steeply to 813,000 people (3.2 per cent of the population).