The results in the latest Closing the Gap report are grim – only five of the 19 targets are on track, and in some cases outcomes are getting worse. Critics like independent senator Lidia Thorpe argue that Closing the Gap hasn’t delivered change and should be scrapped.

Today, Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy on whether Closing the Gap is still working.

Australia’s latest Covid-19 outbreak began in the town of Katherine and is now spreading to remote communities across the Northern Territory. Almost everyone who has tested positive so far is Indigenous, and the region is facing a health crisis.