Closing the Gap: NT Report Card

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1	Everyone enjoys long and healthy lives	Close the Gap in life expectancy within a generation, by 2031.	Getting worse	The gap in life expetancy is getting better for men, but worse for women.
2	Children are born healthy and strong	By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI babies with a healthy birthweight to 91 per cent.	Getting worse	The gap in babies birthweight is getting worse.
3	Children are engaged in high quality, culturally appropriate early childhood education in their early years	By 2025, increase the proportion of ATSI children enrolled in Year Before Fulltime Schooling early childhood education to 95 per cent.	Getting worse	The gap in children enrolled in preschools is getting worse - the NT is the only Australian jurisdiction to be going backwards.
4	Children thrive in their early years	By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI children assessed as developmentally on track in all five domains of the Australian Early Development Census to 55 per cent.	Getting worse	The gap in children's development is getting worse.
5	Students achieve their full learning potential	By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI people (age 20-24) attaining year 12 or equivalent qualification to 96 per cent.	Improving	The gap in people achieving Year 12 is getting better, but the country is not on track to meet its target.
6	Students reach their full potential through further education pathways	By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI people aged 25-34 years who have completed a tertiary qualification (Certificate III and above) to 70 per cent.	Improving	The gap in people completing tertiary qualifications is getting better, but the country is not on track to meet its target.
7	Youth are engaged in employment or education	By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI youth (15-24 years) who are in employment, education or training to 67 per cent.	Getting worse	The gap in youth employment is getting worse.
8	Strong economic participation and development of people and their communities	By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI people aged 25-64 who are employed to 62 per cent.	Getting worse	The gap in employment is getting worse - the NT is the only Australian jurisdiction to be going backwards.
9	People can secure appropriate, affordable housing that is aligned with their priorities and need	9a: By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI people living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing to 88 per cent. 9b: By 2031, all ATSI households: within discrete ATSI communities receive essential services that meet or exceed the relevant jurisdictional standard; and those in or near to a town receive essential services that meet or exceed the same standard as applies generally within the town	Improving	The gap in housing is getting better, but the country is not on track to meet its target.
10	Adults are not overrepresented in the criminal justice system	By 2031, reduce the rate of ATSI adults held in incarceration by at least 15 per cent.	Getting worse	The gap in incarceration rates is getting worse.
11	Young people are not overrepresented in the criminal justice system	By 2031, reduce the rate of ATSI young people (10-17 years) in detention by at least 30 per cent.	Getting worse	The gap in youth incarceration rates is getting worse.
12	Children are not overrepresented in the child protection system	By 2031, reduce the rate of over-representation of ATSI children in out-of-home care by 45 per cent.	Improving	The gap in child protection rates is getting better in the Territory - but nationally it is getting worse.
13	Families and households are safe	By 2031, the rate of all forms of family violence and abuse against ATSI women and children is reduced at least by 50%, as progress towards zero.	No data	There was no new data since the baseline year of 2018-19
14	People enjoy high levels of social and emotional wellbeing	Significant and sustained reduction in suicide of ATSI people towards zero.	Getting worse	The gap in suicide rates is getting worse.
15	People maintain a distinctive cultural, spiritual, physical and economic relationship with their land and waters	15a: By 2030, a 15 per cent increase in Australia’s landmass subject to ATSI people’s legal rights or interests. 15b: By 2030, a 15 per cent increase in areas covered by ATSI people’s legal rights or interests in the sea.	Improving	The gap in relationship with land a waters is getting better in the NT. Nationally, relationships with sea areas is getting better but not on track to meet targets.
16	Cultures and languages are strong, supported and flourishing	By 2031, there is a sustained increase in number and strength of ATSI languages being spoken.	No data	There was no new data since the baseline year of 2018-19
17	People have access to information and services enabling participation in informed decision-making regarding their own lives	By 2026, ATSI people have equal levels of digital inclusion	No data	There was no new data since the baseline year of 2018-19