eMJA: Where do Queensland’s Indigenous people live?

To the Editor: Recent media reports1 of events in Aurukun, Palm Island and other Indigenous communities in Queensland may have left the impression that most Indigenous people in the state live short, violent lives in remote, dysfunctional communities. However, census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) contradict one aspect of this impression: in fact, few Indigenous people live in remote communities, with the majority widely spread through the general population (Box).

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