The latest Closing the Gap report on Indigenous wellbeing shows only four of the 18 targets are on track, with a number going backwards.

In an address to parliament about the release of the 2022 Closing the Gap report, Anthony Albanese said a constitutionally enshrined voice would empower First Nations people and lead to better outcomes on health, education and justice.

The prime minister said the rate of Indigenous people being jailed in Australia remained "unforgivably high" and the report challenged whether the nation would continue to accept the disparity between their non-Indigenous counterparts.

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The following targets and the progress on each include:

Close the Gap in life expectancy within a generation, by 2031: Not on track.
By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies with a healthy birthweight to 91 per cent: On track.
By 2025, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children enrolled in Year Before FullTime Schooling early childhood education to 95 per cent: On track.
By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children assessed as developmentally on track in all five domains of the Australian Early Development Census to 55 per cent: Not on track, getting worse.
By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (age 20-24) attaining year 12 or equivalent qualification to 96 per cent: No new data to assess progress.
By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 25-34 years who have completed a tertiary qualification (Certificate III and above) to 70 per cent: No new data to address progress.
By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth (15-24 years) who are in employment, education or training to 67 per cent: No new data to assess progress.
By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 25-64 who are employed to 62 per cent. No new data to assess progress.
By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing to 88 per cent: On track.
By 2031, reduce the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults held in incarceration by at least 15 per cent: Not on track, getting worse.
By 2031, reduce the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people (10-17 years) in detention by at least 30 per cent: On track.
By 2031, reduce the rate of over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care by 45 per cent: Not on track, getting worse.
By 2031, the rate of all forms of family violence and abuse against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children is reduced by at least 50 per cent, as progress towards zero: No new data to assess progress.
Significant and sustained reduction in suicide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people towards zero: Not on track, getting worse.
By 2030, a 15 per cent increase in Australia's landmass subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's legal rights or interests: On track.
By 2030, a 15 per cent increase in areas covered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's legal rights or interests in the sea: Not on track.
By 2031, there is a sustained increase in number and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages being spoken: No new data.
By 2026, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have equal levels of digital inclusion: No new data.

With AAP.

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