Australia news live: Kumanjayi Little Baby murder trial delayed until December; two Victorian Labor ministers to quit politics

The Guardian reports that Australia's minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, has highlighted early childhood education enrollment for First Nations children as a key milestone in the country's Closing the Gap targets. She credited the progress to Aboriginal and community-controlled organizations and the preschool sector, but acknowledged significant challenges persist with other goals. She emphasized the need to tackle high incarceration rates among First Nations people, calling for states and territories to focus harder on justice factors.

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