Infrastructure WA

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Improve the quality and resilience of infrastructure and services provided in remote Aboriginal communities and town-based reserves ...
Progressively build capacity and capability of Aboriginal businesses by developing and implementing complementary and proactive...

Aboriginal cultural heritage, wellbeing and enterprise

The Closing the Gap report 2020 identified that the target to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people by 2031 is not on track, with WA recording the largest gap of all jurisdictions for males, at 13.4 years.

In 2018, the child mortality rate for Indigenous children was 141 per 100,000, which is twice the rate for non-Indigenous children.

The employment rate for Indigenous Australians was around 49%, compared to 79% for non-Indigenous Australians.

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