Indigenous Australians

The data reveals mixed results across various outcome indicators, indicating that the overall gap is not narrowing. While there have been slight improvements in tertiary qualification rates, early childhood education, and employment rates, areas such as adult incarceration rates and developmental school readiness have worsened.

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney emphasizes the need for significant structural reform, suggesting that an Indigenous Voice to parliament would help address the Closing the Gap targets effectively.

Advance copies of performance artist Marina Abramovic's biography contain a passage describing Australia's first people as "dinosaurs".

Abramovic said the comments were from an "early, uncorrected proof".

But response to the excerpt on social media was unsympathetic, with many branding her a racist.

The memoir, entitled Walk Through Walls, features a passage that describes Abramovic's first contact with Indigenous Australians in the 1970s.