Latest Close the Gap data shows only five out 19 targets for Indigenous Australians are 'on track'

Lana has just eight weeks until her latest child is due. Target 2: Increase the proportion of babies born at a healthy birth weight Improvement, and on track Almost 90 per cent of First Nations babies were born with a healthy birth weight in 2021. The following the targets have not been updated from the previous reporting period: Target 9: Increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in appropriately sized to 88 per cent Improvement, but not on track Target 9B: This target relates to the essential services for communities meeting standards that apply to everyone else but there is no data available to be reported against. The following the targets have not been updated from the previous reporting period: Target 3: Increase the number of four-year-olds enrolled in a preschool program Improvement, and on track Target 4: Increase the proportion of children assessed as developmentally ready for school Worsening Target 5: Increase the percentage of people aged 20-24 who have attained a year 12 or equivalent qualification Improvement, but not on track Target 7: Increase the percentage of people aged 15-24 years who are fully engaged in employment, education or training Improvement, but not on track Target 8: Increase the percentage of people aged 25-64 years who are employed to 62 per cent Improvement, and on track Languages and Land Rights Aboriginal Land Rights protest on Bicentennial Day in Sydney on January 28, 1988. Target 15A and B: Increase the percentage of land mass and sea area subject to or covered by Indigenous people's legal rights or interests Improvement, and on track Target 16: Sustained increase the number of Indigenous languages being spoken No new data There are 123 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages that were spoken in 2018-19.