The Australian Productivity Commission’s Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Key Indicators 2016 Report adds crucial data to the building momentum for change in Australia’s dealings with its First Nations.
Cheryl Axleby, Co-Chair of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) said that it was deeply concerning that in the quarter of a century since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, justice outcomes for Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander continued to worsen.