Indigenous health equality plan

Indigenous Australians will have access to the same health services as the rest of the population by 2018, under a Federal Government plan.
The Government is also promising to close the 17-year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by 2030.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon and indigenous health groups, including the Indigenous Dentists Association of Australia, will sign the pledges today.
Under the plan, power will be handed to community-controlled Aboriginal health providers.