a failure to account for 'cultural counterfactuals'
- Written by George Denny-Smith, Scientia PhD Researcher, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW
Australia’s 12th Closing the Gap report, published yesterday, shows by most socio-economic measures Indigenous Australians continue to lag behind the rest of the population.
Only two of seven targets – early education and Year 12 completion rates – are on track. On the five others – child mortality, school attendance,...