World's study: Location doesn't determine disadvantage

The world’s biggest study on the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people has found that living in a richer country doesn’t give Indigenous people an advantage.

The study of more than 150 million Indigenous people in 23 countries was published in the Lancet today. It’s found that the gap in life expectancy of Indigenous people in Australia is on par with Indigenous people in Cameroon.

The report's lead author says social inequity such as access to education and jobs needs to change to improve the health of Indigenous people around the world