Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Of course not every single Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person is disadvantaged, but I think the evidence is fairly clear that, as a group, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are extremely disadvantaged. I'm sure you're familiar with the Closing The Gap targets. I'm sure you're familiar with the measures in terms of educational attainment, incarceration levels, health outcomes and many other factors that demonstrate that, as a group, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are highly disadvantaged, but of course that doesn't mean that every single individual is disadvantaged.