Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) shakes hands with Labor Senator Pat Dodson as he arrives to deliver the Closing the Gap report in the House of Representatives today. Photo: AAP/Lukas Coch

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Closing the Gap off track and due for an overhaul: PM

Indigenous Australians will play a greater role in efforts to close the health and education gap, the Prime Minister says.

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Mining giants back indigenous voice to federal parliament

Australian mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto have joined the push for an indigenous voice to federal parliament, with BHP stumping up $1 million to add action to its words. But the Prime Minister says their position won’t sway his own stance.

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Labor vows to replace indigenous work-for-the-dole scheme

Labor has promised to abolish a controversial work-for-the-dole scheme meant to help indigenous people in remote Australia if it wins the next federal election.

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SA Govt sets 10-year deadline to close Indigenous education gap

South Australian Aboriginal students will reach the same literacy and numeracy standards as their non-Aboriginal classmates by 2029 under the Education Department’s new draft plan for closing the gap on Indigenous education.

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Envoy Abbott to receive mixed reception from SA Aboriginal leaders

Former Prime Minister turned special envoy on Indigenous Affairs, Tony Abbott, will visit South Australia next week to speak to Aboriginal communities across the state, InDaily can reveal.