The latest iteration of the Close the Gap report has been handed down, with the principle focus now on improving Indigenous education and high school retention.
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But a member of Wagga's Wiradjuri community believes it will lead to precious little change.
"I'm personally a bit over the wasted bureaucratic resources that go into these reports," said Wiradjuri man Mark Saddler.
Released by the federal government on Thursday, the report is now in its 11th review stage.
It also comes after yesterday marked the 11th anniversary of Sorry Day, remembering the apology made to Indigenous Australia over the years of misplaced trust.
"This will not be the last report, you and I will see number 12 then 13 and 14 and so on and so on," Mr Saddler said.
"It's all very well to have reports and Sorry Days, but really they are only words and we need actions."
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The latest report highlights three key improvements that will be made to the national education system.
It will include a boost to teachers working in remote centres. As an incentive to work in these towns, Help debts of more than 3100 freshly graduated teachers will be reduced.
Additionally, $200million funding, dubbed the 'Youth Education Package' will go towards mentoring programs in high schools, to raise the number of Indigenous young people completing their HSC.
A further $5million will be used to promote school attendance overall, with some suggestion that the measures will include a holistic community by community approach.
As a NESA-certified cultural instructor, Mark Saddler spends much of his time travelling around the Riverina's schools, teaching students about Wiradjuri culture.
"What I see is that the number is going up, a lot of our Wiradjuri children are finishing school, doing the HSC and going onto a career path," he said.
"But is still a problem and what I do know is that our income and our health is still well behind non-Aboriginal people."
Mr Saddler believes the federal focus would be better placed on retaining Indigenous Australians in key career roles.
"If you want to close the gap in medicine, it helps if you have [Indigenous] medical practitioners so that they can walk in and see a friendly face there," he said.
"Putting Aboriginal people in these places for others to see will break down those barriers and make a real difference in closing the gaps."
Primarily, Mr Saddler is calling for a focus on several community institutions.
"Schools, hospitals, police stations and churches," he said.
"There are the four main places where we've been scared to go, and that's what we need to have a conversation about."
'Conversation', Mr Saddler says, is the key determining factor, and the one thing that has been missing through the Close the Gap report's history.
"Reports are made for politicians and lawmakers, they are not made for everyday people," Mr Saddler said.
"What needs to happen is, politicians need to come to the community and be absorbed in them and actually talk to our mob about what's really going on."
The latest instalment of the report has prompted him to call on Wiradjuri community leaders and parliamentarians to work together in actuality, to make lasting change in Indigenous Australia.
"Aboriginal and Wiradjuri studies go hand-in-hand with other lessons, " he said.
"It's got to do with maths, literacy, art, land management, and that's what keeps us engaged because we learn differently.
"Involve the local elders in the schools and that will keep the young people in."