Few target areas on track in Closing the Gap agreement

* Progress towards the 15 targets that can be assessed has been limited, with only four on track to be met

* The four targets on track to be met are preschool enrolment, youth detention, employment, and land subject to Indigenous people's legal rights or interests

* Of the four targets that are on track, three have had annual improvements close to double what is needed

* Seven targets that are not on track are improving

* Outcomes are getting worse in four target areas: rates of adult imprisonment, children in out-of-home care and suicide have all increased, and children's early development outcomes at the start of school have declined

Source: Productivity Commission

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