Tony Abbott sets new school attendance target for indigenous students

By Dan Harrison
Updated February 13 2014 - 7:08am, first published February 12 2014 - 12:54pm
MP Ken Wyatt and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talk prior to Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivering the Closing the Gap report. Photo: Andrew Meares
MP Ken Wyatt and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talk prior to Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivering the Closing the Gap report. Photo: Andrew Meares
MP Ken Wyatt, Senator Nova Peris, Andrew Forrest and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten attend a Closing the Gap breakfast in Parliament House. Photo: Andrew Meares
MP Ken Wyatt, Senator Nova Peris, Andrew Forrest and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten attend a Closing the Gap breakfast in Parliament House. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivered the Closing the Gap report to Parliament. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott delivered the Closing the Gap report to Parliament. Photo: Andrew Meares
As leaders spoke yesterday, Danielle James, 8½ months pregnant with her second child, was visiting a Darwin midwifery clinic that has been funded by the Northern Territory government to deliver improved maternity care to women from remote communities such as Emu Point, where Ms James has come from. Photo: Glenn Campbell
As leaders spoke yesterday, Danielle James, 8½ months pregnant with her second child, was visiting a Darwin midwifery clinic that has been funded by the Northern Territory government to deliver improved maternity care to women from remote communities such as Emu Point, where Ms James has come from. Photo: Glenn Campbell

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