Literacy 'an issue' in Aboriginal welfare

By Greg Roberts
Updated November 8 2019 - 7:23pm, first published 7:21pm
Ken Wyatt says a lack of literacy and numeracy prevents Aboriginal people from claiming welfare.
Ken Wyatt says a lack of literacy and numeracy prevents Aboriginal people from claiming welfare.

The gap in literacy and numeracy skills is so great that rising numbers of Aboriginal Australians are not claiming unemployment benefits because they cannot fill out the paperwork, Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt told a forum.