Hunter responds to Closing the Gap 2017

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Updated February 21 2017 - 8:35am, first published February 20 2017 - 7:00am
CLOSE THE GAP:  Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation CEO Laurie Perry said the Hunter, like all regions, needs a local solution to a national problem. Picture: Peter Stoop
CLOSE THE GAP: Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation CEO Laurie Perry said the Hunter, like all regions, needs a local solution to a national problem. Picture: Peter Stoop

Australia is not on track to closing the gaps between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians and one of the Hunter’s Indigenous leaders is calling for a drastic rethink.

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Perry Duffin

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