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Australia has reached one of its Closing the Gap targets: early childhood education enrollment for First Nations children. Malarndirri McCarthy, the Indigenous Australians minister, credited Aboriginal and community-controlled sectors and preschool providers with the achievement. But challenges persist on other targets, McCarthy noted—particularly high incarceration rates of First Nations people, a situation he linked to current legislation. He said Australia must continue pressing states and territories on justice reform.

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