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Australia has reached an early childhood education enrolment milestone for First Nations children as part of the Closing the Gap targets, Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy announced. The Guardian reports McCarthy credited the work of Aboriginal-controlled organizations and the preschool sector for the achievement. However, other targets remain challenging, with high incarceration rates for Indigenous Australians still a pressing concern—one the minister says demands the federal government and states push harder on justice factors.

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