Failing to Close the Gap is now parliamentary tradition, no matter who’s in power

Another year, another Closing the Gap report, another lament of bipartisan failure over so long a period, another expression of hope that things will change soon. It’s now a ritual of the opening weeks of Parliament. It doesn’t matter who’s in government.

Each year the media coverage seems to lessen; this year is particularly paltry. Maybe it’s fatigue after a year dominated by the Voice to Parliament campaign. Who wants to read yet another report on how bad things are among First Nations peoples?

Of course, if people are tired of reading about it, imagine how tired Indigenous peoples are of living it.