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Closing the Gap – Five years on

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Also featured: Angelo Gabrielatos - President of the Australian Education union

For five years the Australian Government has tried to close the gap between the socioeconomic standards of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, with Julia Gillard giving an update today. Disappointments with some statistics are contrasted to the hope and promise of others. One development goal has been reached, but what are the fates of the other five?

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Wednesday, February 6 2013

Produced By Wade Stephens and Emmie Dowling

Featured in storyJustin Mohamed - Chairperson of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health OrganisationGino Vumbaca - Executive at the Australian National Council on DrugsLester Irabinna-Rigney - Adelaide University's Dean of Indigenous EducationPeter Buckskin - The University of South Australia's Dean of Indigenous Education

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Closing the Gap – Five years on

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