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Halfway through the Closing the Gap agreement, progress is painfully slow—with only one target met: preschool enrollment for First Nations kids. Meanwhile, four critical areas are worsening: adult imprisonment, childhood development, out-of-home care, and suicide. While education and employment show modest gains, housing remains a crisis, and the justice system is failing Indigenous communities, especially in the Northern Territory. Without urgent, targeted reforms—like empowering communities and shifting decision-making power—the gap isn’t closing; it’s widening.

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