Australia struggles to improve lives of indigenous population

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Indigenous unemployment rates in the remote areas of the country are in excess of 40 percent. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said there were more indigenous Australians in school, employment, business, and in better health. The report pegged unemployment for indigenous people of working age at more than 20 percent, 3.6 times the non-indigenous unemployment rate. [nL4N1FG22O]The Closing the Gap report showed that education levels are falling behind targets, a key driver for the huge disparity in national employment statistics. SYDNEY Australia is failing to meet almost every target for improving the lives of its indigenous population, including reducing the infant mortality rate, getting children in school and adults in jobs, according to a government report released on Tuesday.