“The gap [in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people] is more about place than race.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Senator Nampijinpa Price's claim is oversimplified. Most indicators in the Productivity Commission's Closing the Gap data show that outcomes worsen for Indigenous Australians as remoteness increases. However, in many cases, the same trend does not apply to non-Indigenous Australians, whose outcomes are often similar whether they live in major cities or in remote areas. For some other indicators, the link between remoteness and worsening outcomes for Indigenous people is either not present or ...
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In short
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians) made this claim around 19 August 2023. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 13 October 2023, 55 days later. Its rating was “Oversimplified”.
Where the claim appeared
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