Closing the Gap Target 11 - Youth Justice
What was at stake
Target 11: reduce Aboriginal youth detention rate by 30% by 2031. Current trajectory: WORSENING - rate increased from 21x to 23x overrepresentation.
What the court decided
Target off-track nationally. Only ACT showing improvement. Most jurisdictions seeing increased Indigenous overrepresentation.
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